National Register of Historic Places

First Colony Inn

Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina
Listed
January 21, 1993
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
92001835

About this property

The First Colony Inn, also known as LeRoy's Seaside Inn, First Colony Motor Inn, First Colony Apartments, and Colony Beach Inn, is a historic hotel building located at Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina. It was designed by Willis Leigh and built by Frank Benton It first opened in 1932 as LeRoy's Seaside Inn, by Henry LeRoy of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The inn is a 2+1⁄2-story, balloon-frame building in the vernacular Shingle Style. The building is divided into three equal sections (approximately 25 feet by 60 feet each) separated by open breezeways and arranged in an H-shaped configuration. Surrounding the building is a two-story engaged verandah. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Location

6720 S. Virginia Dare Trail
Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina
35.91852, -75.60323

Categories

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Sources

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When was First Colony Inn listed on the National Register?

First Colony Inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1993.

What type of historic resource is First Colony Inn?

First Colony Inn is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for First Colony Inn is recorded as the industrial era.

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