Tinga Nursery

Tinga Nursery

Tinga Nursery, September 2014
Nearest city US 117, 0.62 miles N of jct. with NC 132, near Wrightsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°17′55″N 77°55′04″W / 34.29861°N 77.91778°W / 34.29861; -77.91778Coordinates: 34°17′55″N 77°55′04″W / 34.29861°N 77.91778°W / 34.29861; -77.91778
Area 30 acres (12 ha)
Built 1913 (1913)
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP Reference # 00001185[1]
Added to NRHP October 4, 2000

Tinga Nursery is a historic plant nursery and national historic district located near Wrightsboro, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was established in 1906. Contributing resources include the Bungalow / American Craftsman style main house (1918), wash house and wood shed, employee's quarters, big barn, bulb barn and pump house, old office, new office, potting shed, garage, nursery lanes, field patterns, drainage ditches, cold frame, and pond.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Edward F. Turberg (May 2000). "Tinga Nursery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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