Westbrook-Ardmore Historic District

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.