Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex explained

Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex
Location:317 Carolina Beach Ave., N., Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Coordinates:34.0372°N -77.8917°W
Built:, 1948
Architect:Lewis, Grover L.; Bordeaux, William W.
Architecture:Modern Movement, Art Deco
Added:April 3, 1997
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:97000256

Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex is a historic apartment building located at Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina. The original building was built in 1945, and is a two-story, double-pile concrete block building covered with stucco. It features fanciful concrete balustrades and walls, and an Art Deco-inspired centered portico over the front entryway added in 1957. A two-story double-pile Modern Movement style Annex comprising four apartments was built in 1948.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elizabeth W. Keane. Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 1996. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.