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Institutional Architecture (2.3)

Description (2.3.1)

The growth of Elizabeth City from its founding in 1793 until 1942 is indicated by the increase in numbers and size of its institutional and civic buildings. These structures include schools and colleges, churches, and government buildings, with surviving examples dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; only one was erected before the Civil War. The styles of the city's institutional buildings are Gothic Revival, Chateauesque, Renaissance Revival, Colonial Revival, and Art Deco.

Educational Buildings (2.3.1.1)

Religious Structures (2.3.1.2)

Public Buildings (2.3.1.3)