Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex

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Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex
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Location317 Carolina Beach Ave., N., Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°2′14″N77°53′30″W / 34.03722°N 77.89167°W / 34.03722; -77.89167 Coordinates: 34°2′14″N77°53′30″W / 34.03722°N 77.89167°W / 34.03722; -77.89167
Arealess than one acre
Built1945 (1945), 1948
ArchitectLewis, Grover L.; Bordeaux, William W.
Architectural styleModern Movement, Art Deco
NRHP reference No. 97000256 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 3, 1997

Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex is a historic apartment building located at Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina. The original building was built in 1945, and is a two-story, double-pile concrete block building covered with stucco. It features fanciful concrete balustrades and walls, and an Art Deco-inspired centered portico over the front entryway added in 1957. A two-story double-pile Modern Movement style Annex comprising four apartments was built in 1948. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]

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Rear annex of building

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Elizabeth W. Keane (November 1996). "Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.