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

Currituck County North Carolina (Vacant / Not In Use) has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Currituck Beach Lighthouse and Whalehead Club, Jarvisburg Colored School.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Currituck County places including Edward C. Knight Jr., Barrett and Thomson and James Brown Ferebee. Prominent architectural styles found in Currituck Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Gothic and Queen Anne.

Currituck Beach Lighthouse (added 1973 - - #73001333)

Also known as Whaleshead Lighthouse

Northern NC Outer Banks , Corolla

Warfieldian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Gothic

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Water-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Jarvisburg Colored School (added 2009 - - #09001104)

7301 NC 158 , Jarvisburg

KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Whalehead Club (added 1980 - - #80002817)

Currituck Banks , Corolla

Flickr upload bot, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Knight,Edward C.,Jr.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling