Beaufort County Architectural Survey: Municipalities, September 2009

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Introduction: "This report summarizes the findings of the first phase (Phase 1) of an architectural survey project currently estimated to have three phases. Phase 1 will consist of an architectural survey of six of Beaufort County’s (County) seven incorporated municipalities: Washington, Washington Park, Aurora, Belhaven, Pantego and Chocowinity. The Town of Bath is not included in the project as most of its geographic area is included in the National Register-listed Bath Historic District. Phase II and III will record rural resources in both the rural areas and the unincorporated communities of the county... Beaufort County has not had a comprehensive architectural survey to date. A survey of Washington was undertaken in the late 1970s and resulted in the listing of the Washington Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places. Roughly 450 properties are included within the district. The Bath National Register District was one of North Carolina’s first, listed in 1970. Approximately 489 Beaufort County survey files are archived at the HPO. Files were generated as a result of a variety of projects such as National Register nominations, road improvement projects, and environmental permits. These properties were recorded on state-issued paper survey forms and 35 mm black and white photographs were taken of each property. The multi-phase Beaufort County survey will provide a more complete picture of the county’s architectural heritage." Funding was provided in part by a 2007 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Washington (project number NC-07-018) administered by the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 37-07-21638) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Washington, North Carolina is a Certified Local Government.

Beaufort County Architectural Survey: Municipalities, September 2009

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