Selig Building, Elizabeth City 3
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The 2-story brick Selig Building, 1927, is described as Neo-Classical Revival style (or Colonial Revival as one source states) with Art Deco ornamentation. This commercial structure is located at 511-513 Main Street in downtown Eizabeth City, North Carolina. (Sources also provide circa 1925, 1927 and circa 1931 as construction dates). The building was erected for Louis Selig, a jeweler and his brother Julian, an optometrist. The Norfolk, Virginia architectural firm of Rudolf, Cook, and Van Leeuwen designed the building, which was built by local contractor Lord Byron Perry.
The upper level is richly decorated with blue and yellow glazed terra-cotta; the lower level is comprised on white tile. This white tile is also used in the quoins, which edge and frame the 2nd story. The roof appears to be flat. In the cornice is a colorful course of the blue and yellow terra cotta and rondels between each tile segment. Below this, and above the central window is a concrete plate with the name "Selig". The three 1/1 sash windows on the upper level have white tile surrounds with some embellishments near the top of each. The lintels are involved with ledges that extend outward in different proportions. Below this is a course of egg-and-dart ornamentation (see the 4th image in this set).
Separating the top from the street level is a decorative course with a wave-like motif of the yellow and blue terra cotta. Below this the facade the white tile forms a wide band of color above a darker color material (I don't know what it is). There are two recessed entrances and three display windows, the middle window separating the prominent arches, one above each entrance. Light that day did not permit a sharper view of the street-level part of the building. The jewelry store had a couple of owners after the Selig family, and apparently closed its doors in 2013. The Rich Company page on Facebook on May 18, 2022 describes the building as for sale. The Selig Building is part of the Elizabeth City Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places, October 18, 1977 with ID# 77001007
The nomination form the Elizabeth City Historic District files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/PK0003.pdf
Elizabeth City Historic District (Additional Documentation) [2021] www.dncr.nc.gov/nr/pk0003ad/open
Historic and Architectural Resources of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 1793-1943 npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64500359_text [prepared in 1992, approved 1994]
Elizabeth City Historic Walking Tour--Main Street Commercial District
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Selig Building, Elizabeth City 3
[4 photos in this set] This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by linking to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work.
The 2-story brick Selig Building, 1927, is described as Neo-Classical Revival style (or Colonial Revival as one source states) with Art Deco ornamentation. This commercial structure is located at 511-513 Main Street in downtown Eizabeth City, North Carolina. (Sources also provide circa 1925, 1927 and circa 1931 as construction dates). The building was erected for Louis Selig, a jeweler and his brother Julian, an optometrist. The Norfolk, Virginia architectural firm of Rudolf, Cook, and Van Leeuwen designed the building, which was built by local contractor Lord Byron Perry.
The upper level is richly decorated with blue and yellow glazed terra-cotta; the lower level is comprised on white tile. This white tile is also used in the quoins, which edge and frame the 2nd story. The roof appears to be flat. In the cornice is a colorful course of the blue and yellow terra cotta and rondels between each tile segment. Below this, and above the central window is a concrete plate with the name "Selig". The three 1/1 sash windows on the upper level have white tile surrounds with some embellishments near the top of each. The lintels are involved with ledges that extend outward in different proportions. Below this is a course of egg-and-dart ornamentation (see the 4th image in this set).
Separating the top from the street level is a decorative course with a wave-like motif of the yellow and blue terra cotta. Below this the facade the white tile forms a wide band of color above a darker color material (I don't know what it is). There are two recessed entrances and three display windows, the middle window separating the prominent arches, one above each entrance. Light that day did not permit a sharper view of the street-level part of the building. The jewelry store had a couple of owners after the Selig family, and apparently closed its doors in 2013. The Rich Company page on Facebook on May 18, 2022 describes the building as for sale. The Selig Building is part of the Elizabeth City Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places, October 18, 1977 with ID# 77001007
The nomination form the Elizabeth City Historic District files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/PK0003.pdf
Elizabeth City Historic District (Additional Documentation) [2021] www.dncr.nc.gov/nr/pk0003ad/open
Historic and Architectural Resources of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 1793-1943 npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64500359_text [prepared in 1992, approved 1994]
Elizabeth City Historic Walking Tour--Main Street Commercial District
visitelizabethcity.com//images/wp-content/uploads/2014/02...
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