Burgaw Historic District is a national

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located at

Burgaw Burgaw is a town in, and the county seat of, Pender County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,872 at the 2010 census. Burgaw is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The town most likely derives its nam ...

, Pender County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 130 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the

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and surrounding residential sections of Burgaw. The district developed from the mid-19th to mid-20th century, and includes notable examples of

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and Queen Anne style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Burgaw Depot and Pender County Courthouse. Other notable contributing buildings include the M. M. Moore House (c. 1885), Murphy-Sasser House (c. 1907), Dr. H. B. Thomas House (c. 1910), Burton-Noel House (1917), Burgaw Presbyterian Church (c. 1880), Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church (c. 1885), Burgaw Methodist Church (1928), the Burgaw Baptist Church (1948), Bank of Pender (1907), Pender County Jail (1924), and R.H. Holland Motor Company Building (1924). It was listed on the

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in 1999.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Gothic Revival architecture in North Carolina Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Pender County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Pender County, North Carolina {{PenderCountyNC-NRHP-stub