{"nrhp_refnum":"04000828","name":"Morehead City Municipal Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"202 S. Eighth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Morehead City","county":"Carteret County","state":"NC","lat":34.72041116400004,"lon":-76.71291514799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story municipal building with a rear firehouse wing at 202 South Eighth Street, Morehead City, Carteret County, North Carolina, built in 1926 by Jones Brothers Builders of Wilson with R. D. Gladding as consulting engineer.","why_significant":"It is significant locally under Criterion A for Politics/Government as a symbol of the growing role of Morehead City's municipal government in a prosperous town. It is also significant under Criterion C as a rare North Carolina example of the Florentine Renaissance style, with pale yellow stucco walls, limestone trim and an in-antis Ionic porch.","narrative":"Completed in 1926, the Morehead City Municipal Building at 202 South Eighth Street combines town offices with a rear firehouse. It is a two-story brick building with pale yellow stucco walls, limestone quoins and window surrounds, and a low hipped roof with wide eaves. The five-bay front has an in-antis porch with two engaged Ionic columns and a frieze reading \"MUNICIPAL BUILDING.\" Jones Brothers Builders of Wilson constructed it, with R. D. Gladding as consulting engineer, and the form says it was financed by Earle Webb, a native son and oil company executive. The grounds hold war memorials, a flagpole and an early fire bell. The building was listed for two reasons. It represents the expanded services of the town government during a period of prosperity, and it is a rare North Carolina example of the Florentine Renaissance style. The period of significance runs from 1926 to 1954. Roof changes are the main alterations, and the interior retains terrazzo floors, plaster walls and a marble-tread stair. The building later served as a police station.","period_of_significance":"1926-1954","architect_builder":"Gladding, R. D., consulting engineer; Jones Brothers Builders","architectural_style":"Italian Renaissance (Florentine Renaissance)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a police station since the 1926 building was converted to that purpose; the fire department left in 2001. The form lists current function as correctional facility and vacant/not in use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.08252-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/7194/47719422/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/04000828.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000828/b9159fed76-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000828/b9159fed76-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Carl Griffith","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morehead_City_Municipal_Building.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Carl Griffith</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morehead_City_Municipal_Building.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719422","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morehead_City_Municipal_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18154630"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/carteret-county/morehead-city-municipal-building-04000828/"}