Penderlea Homesteads Historic District

Penderlea Homesteads Historic District
Location Bounded by Sills Cr., Webber, Crooked Run, Lake, Lamb & Raccoon Rds., near Willard, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°39′34″N 78°02′59″W / 34.65944°N 78.04972°WCoordinates: 34°39′34″N 78°02′59″W / 34.65944°N 78.04972°W
Area 57 acres (23 ha)
Built c. 1934
Architect Nolen, John; Stearns and Stanton
Architectural style Art Deco
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference # 13000803[1]
Added to NRHP September 27, 2013

Penderlea Homesteads Historic District is a national historic district located near Willard, Pender County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 186 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 9 contributing structures in a rural section of Pender County. The district includes a collection of community buildings and houses constructed as part of the Penderlea Homesteads New Deal project. It includes 88 one-story, frame dwellings constructed as part of the original homestead project. Penderlea was the first experimental farm-city colony established by the United States government through the United States Department of the Interior’s Division of Subsistence Homesteads.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/16/13 through 9/30/13. National Park Service. 2013-10-18.
  2. Jennifer Martin Mitchell (June 2013). "Penderlea Homesteads Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.