Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District Explained

Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District
Nrhp Type:	hd
Nocat:	yes
Nearest City:	Holden Beach, Topsail Beach, Wrightsville Beach, Kure Beach, and Wilmington Beach, North Carolina
Architect:	Thompson, Capt. Nathaniel Lord; Et al.
Architecture:	Mixed (more than 2 styles from different periods), Sidewheel Steamer
Added:	December 23, 1985
Refnum:	85003195

The Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District is a historic district encompassing a collection of shipwrecks in the Cape Fear area of southeastern North Carolina. The district includes several clusters of underwater archaeological resources associated with as many as 21 shipwrecks dating to the American Civil War.^[1] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

List of shipwrecks

• Ranger
• Ella
  • Beauregard
• Sophia
• Wild Dayrell
• Phantom
• Douro
• Hebe
• Venus
• Lynx
  • Bendigo
• Elizabeth
• Stormy Petrel
  • Arabian
• Louisiana
• Condor
• CSS Raleigh
• Modern Greece
• one unknown vessel (site 0007NEI)

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Brunswick County, North Carolina
• National Register of Historic Places listings in New Hanover County, North Carolina

Notes and References

1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District. North Carolina DCR. 2014-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224637/http://www.archaeology.ncdcr.gov/ncarch/UAB/pdf%20Files/Cape%20Fear%20Civil%20War%20Shipwreck%20Register.pdf#. 2016-03-03. dead.