 Home > Context > Institutional Architecture > Description > Public Buildings > Municipal Public Buildings (2.3.1.3)Municipal (2.3.1.3.1)Local government's only historic building is one of the area's most impressive institutional structures. The Elizabeth City Water Plant (Wilson Street, 1926, William C. Olsen, Consulting Engineers of Raleigh) incorporates stucco, deep roof overhangs, and classical elements to evoke Mediterranean architecture. The long thirteen-bay façade displays distinctive treatments in each of its two stories--round-arched windows in the brick lower story and rectangular windows in the stuccoed upper level--and is punctuated by a central three-story hip-roofed pavilion with cast concrete quoins and wide overhanging eaves. Green clay tile covering the roof unifies the entire structure and contributes to its somewhat exotic character.
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