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William Edward Mattocks House is a historic home located at Swansboro, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was started in 1901 and completed in the 1910s. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, Colonial Revival style frame dwelling. It has board-and-batten siding, a steeply pitched gable roof with dormers, and two-tier engaged porch.
Swansboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Swansboro, Onslow County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 74 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Swansboro.
Swansboro started as a settlement around the plantation of Theophilus Weeks. In 1783, Swansboro was incorporated as a town, taking its name from Samuel Swann, a Speaker in the North Carolina House of Commons and a resident of Onslow County. In 1818, Otway Burns built the Prometheus, the first river steamboat constructed in North Carolina.
Folkwear Patterns . Location: 1185 Charlotte Hwy, Fairview, NC 28730 Folkwear Patterns has a studio in Asheville’s River Arts District that managed to stay dry and with power during Hurricane ...
Hammocks Beach State Park is a North Carolina state park in Onslow County, North Carolina in the United States.Located near Swansboro, along the Southern Outer Banks, or Crystal Coast, the state park covers 1,611 acres (6.52 km 2) [1] and consists mainly of Bear Island.
It was at this time that Uniflite started a second Uniflite plant in Swansboro, North Carolina. In 1980, a fire almost totally destroyed the Uniflite plant in Bellingham. However, since they had molds in Swansboro, NC, they were able to continue production of their boats. In 1984, Uniflite was acquired by Chris Craft for $10 per share.
Gifts for others or yourself can be bought online from Hurricane Helene-damaged retailers in towns like Chimney Rock, Black Mountain, Asheville and more.
In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records. [ 10 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Sloop Point plantation in Pender County, built in 1729, is the oldest surviving plantation house and the second oldest house surviving in North Carolina, after the Lane House (built in 1718–1719 and not part of a plantation).