Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex

Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex

Front of Joy Lee Apartment Building
Location 317 Carolina Beach Ave., N., Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°2′14″N 77°53′30″W / 34.03722°N 77.89167°W / 34.03722; -77.89167Coordinates: 34°2′14″N 77°53′30″W / 34.03722°N 77.89167°W / 34.03722; -77.89167
Area less than one acre
Built 1945 (1945), 1948
Architect Lewis, Grover L.; Bordeaux, William W.
Architectural style Modern Movement, Art Deco
NRHP Reference # 97000256[1]
Added to NRHP April 3, 1997

Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex is a historic apartment building located at Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina. The original building was built in 1945, and is a two-story, double-pile concrete block building covered with stucco. It features fanciful concrete balustrades and walls, and an Art Deco-inspired centered portico over the front entryway added in 1957. A two-story double-pile Modern Movement style Annex comprising four apartments was built in 1948.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

Rear annex of building

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Elizabeth W. Keane (November 1996). "Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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