Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Nearest city	Holden Beach, Topsail Beach, Wrightsville Beach, Kure Beach, and Wilmington Beach, North Carolina
Area	295.8 acres (119.7 ha)
Architect	Thompson, Capt. Nathaniel Lord; Et al.
Architectural style	Mixed (more than 2 styles from different periods), Sidewheel Steamer
NRHP reference No.	85003195^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 23, 1985

The Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District is a historic district encompassing a collection of shipwrecks in the Cape Fear area of southeastern North Carolina. The district includes several clusters of underwater archaeological resources associated with as many as 21 shipwrecks dating to the American Civil War.^[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

List of shipwrecks

Ranger
Ella
USS Peterhoff
Beauregard
Sophia
Wild Dayrell
Phantom
Douro
Hebe
Venus
Lynx
USS Iron Age
Bendigo
Elizabeth
Stormy Petrel
USS Aster
Arabian
Louisiana
Condor
CSS Raleigh
Modern Greece
one unknown vessel (site 0007NEI)

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System – (#85003195)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District" (PDF). North Carolina DCR. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2014.