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

Brunswick County North Carolina (Historic Districts) has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Brunswick Town Historic District, Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District and Orton Plantation (Boundary Increase), Southport Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Brunswick County historic places including Roger Moore and Dr. Frederick Jones Hill.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Brunswick County places including Capt. Nathaniel Lord Thompson, R.S. Stutevant, K.W. Murchison Jr., Morley and Natalia Williams and A.J. Robbins. Prominent architectural styles found in Brunswick Country are Greek Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods).

Brunswick Town Historic District (added 1978 - - #78001932)

Also known as Old Brunswick;Fort Anderson,Brunswick Town State Historic Si

N of Southport off SR 133 , Southport

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Science, Exploration/Settlement, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military

Cultural Affiliation:

British Colonists

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

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

Also known as See Also:USS PETERHOFF

Address Restricted , Wilmington 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

Orton Plantation (Boundary Increase) (added 2013 - - #13000698)

9149 Orton Rd., Winnabow

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Murchison Jr., K.W., Stutevant, R.S., Williams, Morley and Natalia

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Historic Person:

Hill, Dr. Frederick Jones, Moore, Roger

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Politics/Government, Social History, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Southport Historic District (added 1980 - - #80002801)

Roughly bounded by Cape Fear River, Rhett, Bay, Short and Brown Sts. , Southport

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Robbins,A.J.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Single Dwelling