Penderlea Homesteads Historic District

Penderlea Homesteads Historic District
One of the homesteads in Penderlea, August 1936
Penderlea Homesteads Historic District is located in North Carolina
Penderlea Homesteads Historic District
Penderlea Homesteads Historic District is located in the United States
Penderlea Homesteads Historic District
LocationBounded by Sills Cr., Webber, Crooked Run, Lake, Lamb & Raccoon Rds., near Willard, North Carolina
Coordinates34°39′34″N 78°02′59″W / 34.65944°N 78.04972°W / 34.65944; -78.04972
Area57 acres (23 ha)
Builtc. 1934 (1934)
ArchitectJohn Nolen
Stearns and Stanton
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.13000803[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 27, 2013

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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/16/13 through 9/30/13. National Park Service. October 18, 2013.
  2. ^ Jennifer Martin Mitchell (June 2013). "Penderlea Homesteads Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.