Wrightsville Beach in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Ewing-Bordeaux Cottage

c. 1924

— Town of Wrightsville Beach Historic Landmark —

Ewing-Bordeaux Cottage Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 22, 2024

1. Ewing-Bordeaux Cottage Marker

Inscription. Property purchased in 1923 by Mrs. Allen Cora Ewing for $550.00. Cottage was one of six of the northern extension to survive the Great Fire of 1934.

Erected by Town of Wrightsville Beach.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1924.

Location. 34° 12.982′ N, 77° 48.205′ W. Marker is in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It can be reached from West Salisbury Street (U.S. 74) east of Municipal Lane, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 305 W Salisbury St, Wrightsville Beach NC 28480, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Myers Cottage (within shouting distance of this marker); Shore Acres House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hanby-Debnam Cottage (approx. 0.7 miles away); Davis-Patteson Cottage (approx. 0.7 miles away); Saffo Building (approx. 0.7 miles away); Churchill Cottage (approx. ¾ mile away); Pioneer East Coast Surfing (approx. 1.2 miles away); Lumina (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wrightsville Beach.

Also see . . .
1. Historic Beach Cottage Relocated for the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History in North Carolina

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. Along the eastern shore of North Carolina, Wolfe House Movers relocated a small historic house for the Town of Wrightsville Beach. The house is a single story, unassuming structure known as the Ewing-Bordeaux Cottage. With images from the 2018 move. (Wolfe House and Building Movers) (Submitted on December 6, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. The Great Fire. In January 1934 the cold of the off-season Wrightsville Beach was quiet most of its private cottages and boarding houses empty. The island was waiting for summer when visitors would come in droves to enjoy the beach dance at Lumina and shop at Newells. On Sunday January 28 however the peaceful sleepy winter was shattered by The Great Fire. (Michelle Bliss, Wrightsville Beach Magazine, February 25, 2010) (Submitted on December 6, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 22, 2024

2. Ewing-Bordeaux Cottage Marker

As of September 2024 it is being used by the Harbor Island Garden Club. The Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, which moved the cottage from its original site in 2018, previously used it for exhibit space.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 148 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.