{"nrhp_refnum":"08001414","name":"Westbrook-Ardmore Historic District","other_names":["Carolina Court","Carolina Court Addition","Bronx, Manhattan","Pinehurst, Westbrook Gardens"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Dock St., Wrightsville Ave., Queen and Lingo Sts., and by S. 14th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilmington","county":"New Hanover County","state":"NC","lat":34.23319087950003,"lon":-77.92538300212937,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of six interrelated early twentieth-century residential subdivisions on the east side of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, with interspersed churches, convenience stores and former automobile service stations.","why_significant":"The district is regarded as significant for its planned suburban development, shaped by the streetcar lines that served it, and for its architecture, which ranges from Craftsman bungalows and Four Square houses to Colonial Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Moderne and Ranch houses. Development ran almost continuously from about 1914 to the mid-1950s, giving the neighborhood a wide representation of popular twentieth-century styles.","narrative":"Westbrook-Ardmore is a residential district of six early twentieth-century subdivisions on the eastern edge of Wilmington, North Carolina. Developers gave each subdivision its own name, including The Bronx, Manhattan, Carolina Court, Pinehurst, Westbrook, Westbrook Gardens and Ardmore. The houses are mostly one- and two-story bungalows with broad front porches, set back on tree-lined lots with paved streets and sidewalks. Building began around 1914 along Dock Street and South Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets and continued until the mid-1950s. The neighborhood grew along the streetcar line on Seventeenth Street, which ran until 1940, and includes small churches, convenience stores and former gas stations. The district is listed for its planned suburban development and for the range of popular architectural styles it contains, from Craftsman bungalows to Late Gothic Revival churches and Moderne service stations. St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, completed in 1942, is among its notable buildings.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1914-1956","architect_builder":"Lynch and Foard, architects; Fore and Foster, contractors","architectural_style":"Craftsman/California Bungalow; Colonial Revival; Late Gothic Revival; Mission/Spanish Colonial; Moderne; Commercial Style; Mediterranean Revival; Period Cottage; Ranch; Minimal Traditional","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most resources are well preserved and in good condition, though some have aluminum or vinyl siding, replacement windows or enclosed porches; in 2008 the ABC Board demolished a block of buildings, leaving one historic house standing on it.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.649559-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/7215/47721538/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/08001414.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001414/fe32377a87-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001414/fe32377a87-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Coreymchandler","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westbrook-Ardmore_Historic_Style_houses.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Coreymchandler</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westbrook-Ardmore_Historic_Style_houses.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721538","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbrook%E2%80%93Ardmore_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24436262"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/new-hanover-county/westbrook-ardmore-historic-district-08001414/"}