Ocracoke Historic District is a national
historic district
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located at
Ocracoke,
Hyde County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 228 contributing buildings, 15 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures on
Ocracoke Island in Ocracoke village. The district includes notable examples of
Late Victorian,
Shingle Style,
Bungalow
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American Craftsman
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, and Coastal Cottage style architecture dating from about 1823 to 1959. A number of the houses were constructed from salvaged ship timbers. Located in the district is the
Ocracoke Light Station. Other notable contributing resources include the Simon and Louisa Howard House (c. 1840), the Kugler Cottage (c. 1850), Tolson-Rondthaler House (c. 1860), Simon and Sarah Garrish House (1888), Spencer Bungalow (1937), Benjamin Fulcher House, William Charles Thomas House (1899), Styron Store (1920s), Willis Store and Fish House (c. 1930), Coast Guard Station and British Cemetery, the United Methodist Church, Assembly of God Church, the Island Inn (1901), and Berkley Manor and Berkley Castle.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
External links
Ocracoke Preservation Society
References
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Victorian architecture in North Carolina
Shingle Style architecture in North Carolina
Buildings and structures in Hyde County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Hyde County, North Carolina
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