Seaboard Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Seaboard,

Northampton County, North Carolina Northampton County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,471. Its county seat is Jackson. Northampton County is part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, whic ...

. The district encompasses 107 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 4 contributing structures in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

and surrounding residential sections of Seaboard. The district developed between about 1874 and 1955 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the Edwards Warehouse (c. 1910), Bradley Howell Peanut Drying and Storage Facility (c. 1950), Sidney S. Harris Gas Station (c. 1930), Stephenson-Barbee House, Edwards House, Seaboard United Methodist Church (c. 1922), Bethlehem Baptist Church (c. 1900), and Seaboard School (1927). It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2005.

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