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First Colony Inn

Coordinates: 35°55′6″N 75°36′13″W / 35.91833°N 75.60361°W / 35.91833; -75.60361
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First Colony Inn
First Colony Inn is located in North Carolina
First Colony Inn
First Colony Inn is located in the United States
First Colony Inn
Location6720 S. Virginia Dare Trail,
Nags Head, North Carolina
Coordinates35°55′6″N 75°36′13″W / 35.91833°N 75.60361°W / 35.91833; -75.60361
Area4.4 acres (1.8 ha)
Built1932
Built byFrank Benton
ArchitectWillis Leigh
Architectural styleVernacular Shingle Style
NRHP reference No.92001835[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 21, 1993

The First Colony Inn, also known as LeRoy's Seaside Inn, First Colony Motor Inn, First Colony Apartments, and Colony Beach Inn, is a historic hotel building located at Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina. It was designed by Willis Leigh and built by Frank Benton It first opened in 1932 as LeRoy's Seaside Inn, by Henry LeRoy of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The inn is a 2+12-story, balloon-frame building in the vernacular Shingle Style. The building is divided into three equal sections (approximately 25 feet by 60 feet each) separated by open breezeways and arranged in an H-shaped configuration. Surrounding the building is a two-story engaged verandah.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Rhoda A. R. Lawrence (September 1992). "First Colony Inn" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.