Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex

Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of Joy Lee Apartment Building
Location	317 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
Area	less than one acre
Built	1945 (1945), 1948
Architect	Lewis, Grover L.; Bordeaux, William W.
Architectural style	Modern Movement, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	97000256 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 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]

Rear annex of building

References

1. "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 February 1, 2015.