- Myrtle Heights-Oak Park Historic District
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Myrtle Heights-Oak Park Historic District
Myrtle Heights-Oak Park Historic District, 3701 N. Ocean Blvd., June 2010
Location: Roughly, N. Ocean Blvd. between 32nd Ave., N. and 46th Ave., N., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Coordinates: 33°42′52″N 78°51′14″W / 33.71444°N 78.85389°WCoordinates: 33°42′52″N 78°51′14″W / 33.71444°N 78.85389°W Area: 65 acres (26 ha) Built: 1933 Architect: Johnson, John Carroll Architectural style: Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival Governing body: Private MPS: Myrtle Beach MPS NRHP Reference#: 96001217[1] Added to NRHP: October 28, 1998 Myrtle Heights-Oak Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Myrtle Beach in Horry County, South Carolina. It encompasses 89 contributing buildings and one contributing site. They relate to the period of residential development in Myrtle Beach following the financial collapse of Woodside Brothers, the company that developed the Ocean Forest Hotel and Country Club in the late 1920s. The Myrtle Heights section was opened in 1933 and the Oak Park Section was opened in 1935. The majority of these oceanside residences were built between about 1925 and 1945 and are two-story frame buildings, many of them with one- or two-story attached garages, two-story detached garage apartments, or one-story attached servants’ quarters. They reflect a variety of popular architectural styles, the most prevalent being Colonial Revival. Also represented are the Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, and Bungalow/Craftsman styles.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
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Beachside at 37th Ave N, June 2010
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "South Carolina Department of Archives and History". National Register Properties in South Carolina:Myrtle Heights-Oak Park Historic District, Horry County (N. Ocean Blvd. btw. 32nd Ave. N. and 46th Ave. N., Myrtle Beach), including 15 photos. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2010-06-21. http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/horry/S10817726016/index.htm.
External links
- National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Myrtle Heights-Oak Park Historic District; Andrew W. Chandler, r. J. Tracy Power, Bradley S. Sauls, and Stephen W. Skelton; September 1998
- Myrtle Heights-Oak Park Historic District Map
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Lists by county Abbeville • Aiken • Allendale • Anderson • Bamberg • Barnwell • Beaufort • Berkeley • Calhoun • Charleston • Cherokee • Chester • Chesterfield • Clarendon • Colleton • Darlington • Dillon • Dorchester • Edgefield • Fairfield • Florence • Georgetown • Greenville • Greenwood • Hampton • Horry • Jasper • Kershaw • Lancaster • Laurens • Lee • Lexington • Marion • Marlboro • McCormick • Newberry • Oconee • Orangeburg • Pickens • Richland • Saluda • Spartanburg • Sumter • Union • Williamsburg • York
Lists by city Other lists Categories:- Historic districts in South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Horry County, South Carolina
- South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
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