Tinga Nursery is a historic plant nursery and national historic district located near Wrightsboro, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was established in 1906. Contributing resources include the Bungalow / American Craftsman style main house (1918), wash house and wood shed, employee's quarters, big barn, bulb barn and pump house, old office, new office, potting shed, garage, nursery lanes, field patterns, drainage ditches, cold frame, and pond.[2]

Tinga Nursery
Tinga Nursery, September 2014
Tinga Nursery is located in North Carolina
Tinga Nursery
Tinga Nursery is located in the United States
Tinga Nursery
Nearest cityUS 117, 0.62 miles N of jct. with NC 132, near Wrightsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates34°17′55″N 77°55′04″W / 34.29861°N 77.91778°W / 34.29861; -77.91778
Area30 acres (12 ha)
Built1913 (1913)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.00001185[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 4, 2000

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Edward F. Turberg (May 2000). "Tinga Nursery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.