Elizabeth City Water Plant

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Elizabeth City Water Plant
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LocationN. end of Wilson St., 100 block, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°18′45″N76°13′31″W / 36.31250°N 76.22528°W / 36.31250; -76.22528 Coordinates: 36°18′45″N76°13′31″W / 36.31250°N 76.22528°W / 36.31250; -76.22528
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1926 (1926), c. 1935
ArchitectWilliam C. Olsen
Architectural styleMission/spanish Revival
MPS Elizabeth City MPS
NRHP reference # 94000082 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 4, 1994

Elizabeth City Water Plant is a historic municipal water plant located at Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. The complex includes the contributing Elizabeth City Water Plant Building, Coagulation Basin (1926), Raw Water Pump House (c. 1935), the Circular Finished Water Reservoir (1926), and the Raw Water Reservoir (c. 1935). The Elizabeth City Water Plant Building is a Mission Revival style brick building sheathed in stucco and built in 1926. It consists of a projecting three-bay three-story central pavilion flanked on each side by identical two-story blocks. It is topped by a broad hipped roof covered by green clay tiles. [2]

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Elizabeth City, North Carolina City in North Carolina, United States

Elizabeth City is a city in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2014 census, it had a population of 18,047. Elizabeth City is the county seat and largest city of Pasquotank County. It is the cultural, economic and educational hub of the sixteen-county Historic Albemarle region of northeastern North Carolina.

Pasquotank County, North Carolina U.S. county in North Carolina, United States

Pasquotank County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,661. Its county seat is Elizabeth City. The county was originally created as Pasquotank Precinct and gained county status in 1739.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Tom Butchko (September 1993). "Elizabeth City Water Plant" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.