South Avenue: History Lesson

Above is an annotated copy of the plat prepared for the Oriental Bulkhead Improvement Company (OBIC) about 1915. The dotted line shows the eastern and northern boundary of the parcel of land sold to OBIC by L.B. (Lou) Midyette in 1911. Wall Street, South Avenue and Front Street already existed. In a court case in 1908, the Town of Oriental denied ever accepting Front Street as a public street.

The plat dedicated Avenue A, Neuse Front Street West of the dotted line, Avenue B and Main(e) Street. In 1923, The Town of Oriental conveyed Avenue B to adjacent landowners W.E. Northen and W.M. Adams. In September 1927 The Town of Oriental conveyed a strip of land described by metes and bounds (red hatched area) which corresponds to the outline of Neuse Front Street west of Avenue A and Main(e) Street to C.P. Goodwin. Town Board minutes indicate that most of the outlined area was then under water.