Elizabeth City Historic District Explained

Elizabeth City Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Irreg. pattern along Main St.; also roughly bounded by W. Church, W. Ehringhaus, Elliott, Cedar, and Ashe Sts. Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.2997°N -76.2233°W
Architect:West, A.L.; Kramer, D.S.
Architecture:Greek Revival, Federal, Late Victorian
Added:October 18, 1977
Increase:March 7, 1994
Increase2:December 22, 2021
Refnum:77001007
Increase Refnum:94000163
Increase2 Refnum:100007276

Elizabeth City Historic District is a national historic district located at Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 592 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounds residential sections of Elizabeth City. The district developed after 1789, and includes representative examples of Greek Revival, Federal, and Late Victorian style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the Grice-Fearing House (1789-1808), Shirley Armstrong House (c. 1793), Goodman-Matthews-Pool House (c. 1808 - No Longer Extant), Dr. William Martin House (c. 1834), Pool-Kennedy-Lumsden House (c. 1840), Charles-Hussey House (c. 1849), Richardson-Pool House (c. 1860), North Carolina Building (1859), Cobb Building, the former First Methodist Church, Christ Episcopal Church (1857), J. W. Dent House (c. 1915), Dr. Butt's Drug Store (c. 1869-1884), the McMullen Building (c. 1887), the Lowrey Building (c. 1897), former Citizens Bank (c. 1899), Robinson Building (1903), Kramer Building (1909), Selig Building (1925), the Virginia Dare Hotel and Arcade (1927), First Baptist Church (1889), United States Post Office and Courthouse (c. 1906), and Pasquotank County Courthouse (1882).[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, with boundary increases in 1994 and 2021.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruth Little-Stokes. Elizabeth City Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d.. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.
  2. Web site: Tom Butchko. Elizabeth City Historic District (Boundary Increase). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . September 1993. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.