Swansboro NC A Small Colonial Village By The Sea
by Sandi OReilly
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Swansboro NC A Small Colonial Village By The Sea
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Sandi OReilly
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Swansboro, NC, is a small colonial style village by the sea with historical roots and quaint old buildings on the historical register. One of our favorite places to visit while at the NC coast, Front Street is right on the White Oak River that leads to the Atlantic Ocean. This image was taken from one of the many docks and a texture was used by Kim Klassen.
Swansboro, a tiny port established in 1770 on Bogue Sound at the mouth of the White Oak River in Onslow County, is a remarkably unaltered waterfront village of approximately 150 densely-clustered houses and commercial buildings. The historic district includes the town�s surviving antebellum building stock of five houses and two store buildings as well as several virtually intact blocks of frame houses dating to the period of the town�s lumber boom, between the years 1880 and 1925. These lumber boom houses display a distinctive local variation of typical late Victorian exterior and interior milled ornament.
Swansboro�s major commercial and industrial role as Onslow County�s foremost port from the eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries is documented in the Onslow County Multiple Property Documentation Form: Naval Stores and Lumber Production in Onslow County, 1754-1938. The town served as a center for fishing, boatbuilding, and naval stores processing and shipment before the Civil War. After the war, the town hosted a succession of large lumber mills. Unlike the coastal towns of Beaufort and Morehead City in adjacent Carteret County, which grew large owing to fine harborage and rail connections, Swansboro remained isolated and tied to its immediate hinterland. Consequently, Swansboro represents one of the smallest and most traditional maritime communities surviving on the North Carolina coast.
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Comments (66)
Brian Tada
Sandi, what a lovely image of this beautiful sea port, rich with history and heritage! Great composition with the bird in flight. Awesome beauty! F/L
Laurie Search
Oh, this looks like such a wonderful place, dear Sandi!! And this is such a charming, beautiful image!! Love that you caught the bird in the frame, too!! :)))vf
Sandi OReilly replied:
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment, dear Laurie, you would love this place!! Appreciate your Vote/Fave :)))
Donna Kennedy
Wonderful harbor scene Sandi, the Seagull flying by adds the perfect coastal touch!...f/l
Sandi OReilly
Hi Kirsten, thank you very much for your lovely comments!! So appreciate them and your f/v!! Hope you get back to the NC coast :)
Kirsten Giving
Hello Sandi! This looks like a fun place to visit. Your image is lovely as well. I wish we had spent more time on the NC coast, but as always, it was a matter of time.... f/v Best regards, Kirsten
Sandi OReilly
Hi Anne!! You are such a dear, thank you for your very nice words of encouragement!! So appreciate them and your f/v!!
Anne-Elizabeth Whiteway
Dear Sandi, I can't stay away from your site for long! This is a very interesting looking place. This is a great picture~~perfect composition with such clarity. Would like to go there. F/V
Sandi OReilly
Thank you so very much for featuring this image in North Carolina Photographers, Benanne!! Really appreciate your support!!