National Register of Historic Places - North Carolina (NC), Pender County

Pender County North Carolina has 17 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District, Moore's Creek National Military Park (Boundary Increase), Moores Creek National Battlefield, US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Assembly Building and US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Control Tower.

Several famous people are associated with these Pender County historic places including Gov. Samuel Ashe, Joseph M. et. al. Foy, John Baptista et. al. Ashe and James Corbett.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Pender County places including Kellex Corp., George & Lynch, Capt. Nathaniel Lord Thompson, Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, John Baptista Ashe, Joseph M. Foy, W.H. Deitrick and John Player Bannerman. Prominent architectural styles found in Pender Country are Greek Revival, Art Deco and Classical Revival.

Ashe, Gov. Samuel, Grave (added 2001 - - #01001096)

Farm Ln., from S side of NC 1411, 0.7 mi. E of crossing of Pike Creek , Rocky Point

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Ashe, Gov. Samuel

Significant Year:

1813

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Law

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Graves/Burials

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Bannerman House (added 1974 - - #74001365)

NE of Burgaw off NC 53 on SR 1520 , Burgaw

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bannerman,John Player

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Beatty--Corbett House (added 1986 - - #86000549)

SR 701 at SR 1200 , Ivanhoe

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Corbett,James,et al.

Significant Year:

1853, 1850

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Manufacturing Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Belvidere Plantation House (added 1982 - - #82003495)

Also known as Merrick-Nixon House

Off SR 1565 , Hampstead

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Georgian, Greek Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling

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Burgaw Depot (added 1986 - - #86001910)

102 E. Fremont , Burgaw

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wilmington & Weldon Railroad

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

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Burgaw Historic District (added 1999 - - #99001047)

Roughly bounded by Cowan St., Fremont St., Dudley St., and Ashe St. , Burgaw

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Deitrick, W.H., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Courthouse, Library, Meeting Hall, Monument/Marker, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Courthouse, Meeting Hall, Monument/Marker, Organizational, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

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Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District (added 1985 - - #85003195)

Also known as See Also:USS PETERHOFF

Address Restricted , Topsail Beach

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Thompson,Capt. Nathaniel Lord

Architectural Style:

Other, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Transportation, Commerce

Cultural Affiliation:

American

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Street Furniture/Object

Moore's Creek National Military Park (Boundary Increase) (added 1987 - - #86003649)

Also known as See Also:Moore's Creek National Battlefield

NW of Wilmington on NC 210 , Wilmington

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

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Moores Creek National Battlefield (added 1966 - - #66000070)

Also known as See Also:Moores Creek National Battlefield (Boundary Increas

25 mi. NW of Wilmington on NC 210 , Wilmington

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Military, Social History, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

American Military

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker, Museum, Park

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Pender County Courthouse (added 1979 - - #79001741)

Wright, Wilmington, Walker, and Fremont Sts. , Burgaw

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

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Penderlea Homesteads Historic District (added 2013 - - #13000803)

Bounded by Sills Cr., Webber, Crooked Run, Lake, Lamb & Raccoon Rds., Willard

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Art Deco, Other

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government, Agriculture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Poplar Grove (added 1979 - - #79003346)

US 17 , Scotts Hill

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Foy,Joseph M.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Foy,Joseph M. et. al.

Significant Year:

1850

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Saints Peter and Paul's Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (added 2017 - - #100000903)

2384 Front Street, Saint Helena

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1933-1933 AD

Sloop Point (added 1972 - - #72000985)

NE of Vista off SR 1561 , Vista

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ashe,John Baptista

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Ashe,John Baptista et. al.

Significant Year:

1729

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Assembly Building (added 1993 - - #93000909)

Jct. Of Channel Blvd. and Flake Ave. , Topsail Beach

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Air Facility, Naval Facility

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall

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US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Control Tower (added 1993 - - #93000910)

SW corner of S. Anderson Blvd. and Flake Ave. , Topsail Beach

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Air Facility, Naval Facility

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Observation Tower No. 2 (added 1993 - - #93000911)

Also known as Queen's Grant Tower

1000 blk. S. Anderson Blvd. , Topsail Beach

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Air Facility, Naval Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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