National Register of Historic Places

Penderlea Homesteads Historic District

Willard, Pender County, North Carolina
Listed
September 26, 2013
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
13000803

About this property

Penderlea Homesteads Historic District is a national historic district located near Willard, Pender County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 186 contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and nine contributing structures in a rural section of Pender County. The district includes a collection of community buildings and houses constructed as part of the Penderlea Homesteads New Deal project. It includes 88 one-story, frame dwellings constructed as part of the original homestead project. Penderlea was the first experimental farm-city colony established by the United States government through the United States Department of the Interior’s Division of Subsistence Homesteads. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Location

Willard, Pender County, North Carolina
34.66302, -78.05154

Categories

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURECOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTPOLITICS/GOVERNMENTAGRICULTURESOCIAL HISTORY
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Powers, Isaac M., House
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Highsmith, Lewis, Farm
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Seavey, Dr. John B., House and Cemetery
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Nearby Battles

Stoneman's Raid — Harrisonburg (Burgaw) NC Approaches
1865Civil War
10 mi
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge — Loyalist Crossing
1776Revolutionary War
14.2 mi
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
1776Revolutionary War
14.5 mi
Battle of Widow Moore's Creek (approach actions)
1776Revolutionary War
14.7 mi

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When was Penderlea Homesteads Historic District listed on the National Register?

Penderlea Homesteads Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 26, 2013.

What type of historic resource is Penderlea Homesteads Historic District?

Penderlea Homesteads Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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