Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex

Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex
Front of Joy Lee Apartment Building
Location317 Carolina Beach Ave., N., Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Coordinates34°2′14″N 77°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]

References

  1. ^ a b "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.