Mattie Midgett Store and House, also known as Nellie Myrtle Pridgen's Beachcomber Museum, is a historic home and general store located at Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina. The store was built in 1914, and the house in 1933. The store is a two-story frame Outer Banks Shingle Style building with a hipped shingle roof. A one-story, hipped-roof, one-room addition was built in 1944. The store was moved to its present site in 1932. The house is a two-story, T -shaped, single-pile frame dwelling with steeply pitched gable roofs.[2]
Mattie Midgett Store and House | |
 | |
   | |
| Location | 4008 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 35°57′23″N 75°37′28″W / 35.95639°N 75.62444°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1914, 1933, 1944 |
| Architectural style | Outer Banks Shingle |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001389[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 23, 2004 |
The store houses the Outer Banks Beachcomber Museum, which features a collection of beach glass, feathers, shells, sand, bricks and bottles found on area beaches.[3][4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Beth Keane (June 2004). "Mattie Midgett Store and House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
- ^ "Outer Banks Beachcomber Museum". Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
- ^ Marimar McNaughton (June 2014). "The Beachcomber". Wrightsville Beach Magazine. Retrieved 7 December 2014.