{{short description|House on Figure Eight Island, North Carolina}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox building | name = Shipwreck House | image = Wall Street Journal's "House of the Year" Finalist by Tongue & Groove Design + Build.tif | image_size = 250px | image_caption = Shipwreck House in 2020 | status = private residence | building_type = beach house | architectural_style = Modernist |construction_start_date = |completion_date = 2015 | location = 521 Beach Road N<br/>Wilmington, North Carolina | owner = | architect = Tongue & Groove Design + Build }} '''Shipwreck House''' is a mansion on Figure Eight Island, off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina. The house is named for the 1877 shipwreck of the lumber schooner ''John S. Lee'', which was discovered on the grounds where it was built.
== History == Shipwreck House was built for Will Spencer and Christy Spencer in 2015 by Tongue & Groove Design + Build on Figure Eight Island, a private island off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina.<ref>{{cite web |last= Leggate|first= James|date= |title= North Carolina beach house inspired by shipwreck listed for $4.9M|url= https://www.foxbusiness.com/real-estate/north-carolina-beach-house-shipwreck-listed-4-9m|website= Fox Business|location= |publisher= |access-date= July 21, 2025}}</ref><ref name= charlotte/>
The house takes its name from the wreck of the ''John S. Lee'', a lumber schooner that was lost at sea on April 17, 1877.<ref name= charlotte>{{cite web |last= Fowler|first= Hayley|date= February 5, 2020|title= For $4.8 million, you can own NC mansion called 'Shipwreck' — with shipwreck included|url= https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article240018783.html|website= The Charlotte Observer|location= Charlotte, North Carolina|publisher= |access-date= July 21, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Royal|first= Judy|date= April 14, 2017|title= Ship shape|url= https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/entertainment/house-home/2017/04/14/wrecked-schooner-adds-to-figure-eight-island-homes-nautical-theme/21379811007/|website= Star-News|location= Wilmington, North Carolina|publisher= |access-date= July 21, 2025}}</ref> The ship's remains were discovered on the house's lot in 2015, during construction.<ref name= wect>{{cite web |last= Murray|first= Bill|date= February 21, 2021|title= 19th Century schooner shipwreck the inspiration for FIgure Eight Island home|url= https://www.wect.com/2020/02/21/th-century-schooner-shipwreck-inspiration-figure-eight-island-home/ |website= WECT|location= Wilmington, North Carolina|publisher= |access-date= July 21, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Matthews|first= Natalie|date= May 22, 2018|title= Home owners build dream "ship home," discover shipwreck on property|url= https://www.wral.com/video/lifestyles/travel/video/17572914/|website= WRAL-TV|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|publisher= |access-date= July 21, 2025}}</ref>
Shipwreck House is 4,056 square feet and inludes four bedrooms and a roof top bar and swimming pool with views of both the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway.<ref name= wect/><ref name= charlotte/>
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Category:Beach houses Category:Houses completed in 2015 Category:Houses in New Hanover County, North Carolina Category:Modernist architecture in North Carolina