Seabord Historic District

Seaboard is a small rural railroad town in north-central Northampton County, North Carolina, about six miles south of the Virginia line. Its historic district covers roughly ninety acres bounded by Main, Church and Washington Streets and NC Highway 186, and includes 134 resources, of which 112 contribute. The railroad corridor forms the northern edge of the town core. The district includes brick commercial buildings on Clay Street, a gas station, a mid-twentieth century peanut drying and storage complex, three brick churches, and the 1927 Seaboard School. Houses range from exuberant late nineteenth century Queen Anne examples to foursquares, Colonial Revival and Craftsman dwellings, bungalows, and ranch houses. The district represents the period from 1874 to 1955, when Seaboard was most prosperous. It was recognized for its architecture, its transportation and planning history, and its connection to writer Bernice Kelly Harris. The African American neighborhood east of the boundary was excluded because its buildings lost integrity.