Currituck Shooting Club was a historic shooting club located near Corolla, Currituck County, North Carolina. The clubhouse was built between 1879 and 1882, and consisted of three connected sections. The main portion of the clubhouse was a 2 1/2-story frame building sheathed in cedar shake shingles. Also on the property were a boatmen's house, and boathouse complex, and scattered outbuildings. The Currituck Shooting Club was formed in 1857, and was the oldest active shooting club in the United States.[2] The complex burned to the ground on March 20, 2003.[3]
Currituck Shooting Club | |
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| Location | South of Corolla, near Corolla, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°17′08″N 75°48′13″W / 36.28556°N 75.80361°W |
| Area | 2,018 acres (817 ha) |
| Built | 1879-1882 |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002816[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 28, 1980 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Claudia Roberts and Jim Sumner (February 1980). "Currituck Shooting Club" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
- ^ Freeman, Darren (22 March 2003). "Blaze Destroys Old Currituck Club". Norfolk, Virginia: The Virginian-Pilot. p. Y1.