Brookwood Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington,

New Hanover County, North Carolina New Hanover County is one of 100 counties located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 225,702. Though the second-smallest NC county in land area, it is one of the most populous, as its county seat, Wi ...

. The district encompasses 166 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Wilmington. The district developed as planned suburban areas between about 1920 and 1964 and includes notable examples of

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...

, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable contributing resources include Brookwood Park, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Robert F. Rankin House, and Thomas E. Moody House. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 2014.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Wilmington, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in New Hanover County, North Carolina {{NewHanoverCountyNC-NRHP-stub