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Inventory List

Historical information contained in the inventory list is based on material from the Elizabeth City Inventory files at the North Carolina Division of Archives and History; Pasquotank County deeds; city directories; Sanborn Maps; Butchko, On The Shores Of The Pasquotank (1989); and oral history. Entry names refer to the original owner/occupant of the building unless otherwise noted.

Index Numbers

East-West streets are listed first, beginning with Cedar Street on the north and ending with Ehringhaus Street on the south. The properties are listed from east to west, first those on the north side of the street, and then those on the south side of the street. Then the North-South streets are listed, beginning with Ashe Street on the west and ending with Elliott Street on the east. These properties are listed from north to south, first those on the west side of the street, then those on the east side of the street. The orientation of the expansion area generally follows a North-South axis.

The major resource on a lot is assigned a number, with additional resources assigned the same number and a letter. Thus the house would be #1, its garage #l-a, and a shed #l-b. Outbuildings that are insubstantial in size or temporary in nature, such as small or movable utility sheds, are not included in the inventory list. The map accompanying the nomination includes all identification numbers.

Status

The letter "C" standing alone indicates a contributing building. "C-st" indicates a contributing structure, "C-ob" a contributing object, and "C-si" a contributing site. The reason a property was deemed noncontributing is given by either "NC-age," a property built after 1943; or "NC-alt," a property that, while more that fifty years old, has been altered to the extent that it has lost its integrity. Unless specified otherwise, each property continues in its original use. References to properties listed in the Elizabeth City Historic District in 1977 are designated by (ECHD).

Date

The date is largely derived from Sanborn maps and deed research. A small portion of the expansion area was recorded on the Sanborn maps of 1885, 1891, and 1896. Increasingly larger sections were illustrated in on the 1902, 1908, 1914, 1923, and 1931 maps, with the extreme western end of West Church Street never shown by the Sanborn maps. A resource that is shown by the first map to cover its block is indicated with the note "by" and the appropriate map year. A resource which is not shown by one edition, but is shown by the next edition,is indicated as "1914-23," or however appropriate. City directories for Elizabeth City do not survive for years earlier than 1936, and therefore are of help in dating houses only after 1931, the date of the last comprehensive Sanborn Map. More precise dates came from deed research of individual property histories. other property dates, particularly those noted as "ca." or with a decade notation such as "1920s" or "1940s," are derived by the appearance of the resource.