Masonboro Sound Historic District

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Masonboro Sound Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

34°10′40″N 77°50′45″W / 34.17778°N 77.84583°W / 34.17778; -77.84583
Area	282 acres (114 ha)
Built	c. 1835 (1835), c. 1870-1942
Architect	Henry Bacon, Et al.
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Colonial Revival, Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	92001334^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 22, 1992

Masonboro Sound Historic District is a national historic district located near Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 22 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 8 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object near Wilmington. The district developed during the 19th and early-20th century and includes notable examples of Italian Renaissance and Colonial Revival style architecture. There are 10 contributing dwellings and 13 contributing outbuildings. Notable dwellings include the Carr-Ormand House (1932), Willard-Sprunt-Woolvin House (1880), Cazaux-Williams-Crow House (Halcyon Hall, 1877, 1880s, 1937), Parsley-Love House (Hickory Hill, 1885, 1912), Live Oaks (1913), Taylor-Bissinger House (1937), the "Doll House" (1924), and Hill-Anderson Cottage (c. 1835).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System – (#92001334)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Davyd Foard Hood; Ruth Little; Claudia Brown; John Clauser & Dolores Hall (June 1992). "Masonboro Sound Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.