This small quaint seaport has roots back to April 7, 1730 when Isaac and Jonathan Green Sr. purchased from Ebenezer Harker "a certain plantation and track of land containing by estimation 441 acres situate lying and being in ye Carterett in ye county of province of aforsaid being ye west side of ye mouth off White Oak River." By 1771 Theophilus Weeks started a town on his plantation, laying out a plat and selling lots. Formerly known as Bogue, Week's Point, The Wharf and New Town, the town was officially designated by the North Carolina General Assembly on May 6, 1783. Above photo (from North Carolina State Archives) courtesy Jack Dudley, as included in Swansboro - A Pictorial Tribute

Charles R. Webb House circa 1898


NATIONAL REGISTER of Historic Places: 211 Elm Street - The original L-shaped section of this house faces east, formerly with a center-hall plan, so that the ell is parallel to Elm Street; to the rear are additions and a porch, across the front is a porch, gables have [imbricated] wood shingling and millwork.

See CHARLES WEBB HOUSE 1911 for history and headstones.

1 comment:

Leslie McCullough said...

This was my great grandparents house. Sadly, the roof on the side porch is gone. I do miss sitting in the kitchen eating ggrandma's pies.