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Currituck Shooting Club

Coordinates: 36°17′08″N 75°48′13″W / 36.28556°N 75.80361°W / 36.28556; -75.80361
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Currituck Shooting Club
Currituck Shooting Club is located in North Carolina
Currituck Shooting Club
Currituck Shooting Club is located in the United States
Currituck Shooting Club
LocationSouth of Corolla, near Corolla, North Carolina
Coordinates36°17′08″N 75°48′13″W / 36.28556°N 75.80361°W / 36.28556; -75.80361
Area2,018 acres (817 ha)
Built1879 (1879)-1882
NRHP reference No.80002816[1]
Added to NRHPMay 28, 1980

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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Freeman, Darren (22 March 2003). "Blaze Destroys Old Currituck Club". Norfolk, Virginia: The Virginian-Pilot. p. Y1.