Windows sized for a five-month wartime building boom
Holly Ridge had just 28 residents when the Army broke ground on Camp Davis in December 1940; the anti-aircraft training post went up in about five months, eventually covering more than 45,000 acres and over 1,000 buildings, and the population surge that followed pushed the town to incorporate in 1941. Housing built in that rush — including quarters for the large contingent of Women's Army Corps personnel stationed there — used whatever window stock was available under wartime material shortages, not standardized peacetime sizing.
Non-standard openings meet a modern wind-code requirement
Because window openings from that 1940s boom rarely match today's factory sizes, measuring existing openings before ordering is the first step on a Holly Ridge property built anywhere near that era — and any replacement also needs to meet the wind-rating standards required under North Carolina's high-wind-zone building rules that cover this part of the coastal plain.
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Checking flood and wind data for a Holly Ridge property
This stretch of Onslow County carries the same high-wind-zone requirements and hurricane exposure documented after Florence's 2018 flooding nearby. Confirm current wind-rating rules before finalizing a window order.