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Buttonwoods is delimited by Nausauket and Apponaug to the west, Buttonwoods Cove to the north, Greenwich (aka Cowesett) Bay to the south and Oakland Beach to the east. Buttonwood Beach was founded as a summer colony in 1871 by the Rev. Moses Bixby of Providence's Cranston Street Baptist Church , who was looking for a place to establish a summer ...
William Edward Mattocks House is a historic home located at Swansboro, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was started in 1901 and completed in the 1910s. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, Colonial Revival style frame dwelling. It has board-and-batten siding, a steeply pitched gable roof with dormers, and two-tier engaged porch.
The Swansboro Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [6] In 2018, Swansboro was among the hardest hit cities by Hurricane Florence. A record 30.58 inches (77 cm) of rain fell at Swansboro, North Carolina, breaking the previous state record of 24.06 inches (61 cm). [7]
Buttonwood or button wood might refer to: Conocarpus, a genus of flowering plants native to tropical regions of the world, particularly: Conocarpus erectus, native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world; Platanus, a genus of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere, particularly: Platanus occidentalis, native to North America
Swansboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Swansboro, Onslow County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 74 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Swansboro.
Cove Grove is a historic plantation house located near Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five-bay, transitional Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and features front and rear full-height porticoes supported by Ionic order columns. [2]
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, the economy of eastern North Carolina was adversely affected. In the Reconstruction era, freedmen gained political power and, as a result, three blacks were elected to the North Carolina General Assembly between 1868 and 1872 and blacks held significant influence in local government. [10]
Hammocks Beach State Park is a North Carolina state park in Onslow County, North Carolina in the United States.Located near Swansboro, along the Southern Outer Banks, or Crystal Coast, the state park covers 1,611 acres (6.52 km 2) [1] and consists mainly of Bear Island.