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    • Canady House and Store

    • Canady House and Store
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    • Built for David R. Canady (1832-1921), retail grocer; and wife, Henrietta (1839-1921). Use as residence and store or saloon continued until after 1915. In 1909, bought by Robert H. Brady (1859-1936), builder and contractor, as rental property....
    • Port City Architecture
    • John C. Williams House

    • John C. Williams House
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    • Bungalow built as rental property by Tide Water Power Company. Purchased in 1944 by John Cleon Williams (1905-1979), co-founder and owner of Williams Cleaners, native of Columbus County; and wife, Saleima Floyd (1907-1998), native of Robeson...
    • Port City Architecture
    • King-Williams House

    • King-Williams House
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    • Bungalow built by Tide Water Power Company for F. Lacy King (1889-1947), Vice President-Operations for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife Lillian Taylor (1890-1990), native of Virginia. Purchased in 1944 by John Cleon Williams, co-founder and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Scott-Nall House

    • Scott-Nall House
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    • Bungalow built for James H. Scott (1883-1974), painter; and wife, Annie C. (1889-1983). From 1944 to 1974 residence of Alberta Blanchard Nall (1881-1974), widow of John P. Nall (1887-1944), foreman with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Remained in...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Allen House

    • Allen House
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    • Colonial Revival style house built for Mitchell F. Allen (1873-1945), officer of Murchison National Bank;and wife, Marth Groff (1870-1913). Remained in family until 1944.
    • Port City Architecture
    • Piner-McFarlane Building

    • Piner-McFarlane Building
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    • Commercial structure built along automobile row for Thomas Deveraux Piner, Sr. (1888-1969) as tire vulcanizing plant. From 1922 accommodated automotive garage, sales, and supplies. Purchased in 1944 by George McFarlane, Sr. (1895-1989), who...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Goldstein-King House

    • Goldstein-King House
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    • Craftsman style bungalow built as rental property for Joseph Goldstein (1843-1928), native of Lithuania, clothing merchant; and wife, Lena Kabaka (1862-1950), native of Russia. Purchased in 1944 by Lucy Miles King (1884-1966); widow of Lott King...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Simmons-Horne House

    • Simmons-Horne House
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    • Craftsman style bungalow built for Ralph Lane Simmons (1900-1984), clerk with the American Railway Express Company; and wife, Meda Walton (1903-1986). Purchased in 1944 by Rufus T. Horne, Sr. (1894-1969), carpenter and building contractor; and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • McLaughlin-Richard House

    • McLaughlin-Richard House
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    • Craftsman style bungalow built for Robert McLaughlin (1885-1942), mortician and owner of McLaughlin Funeral Home. Purchased in 1944 by George L. Richard (1895-1975), shipyard worker and small business operator; and wife, Millie Bryant (1907-1994),...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Dr. Ed Wells

    • Dr. Ed Wells

    • Wells family, physicians, Plastic Surgeons

    • Dr. Edwin Julius Wells, Jr. (1923-), son of Edwin Julius, Sr. and Mamie Highsmith Wells, was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, September 1st, 1923. He married Miss Louise Warner and attended UNC-Chapel Hill (1944) and The University of...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. E. T. Marshburn

    • Dr. E. T. Marshburn

    • Marshburn family, Patrick family, physicians

    • Dr. Elisha Thomas Marshburn Jr. (1924-), son of Elisha and Eva Beasley Marshburn, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, November 25th, 1924. He married Miss Lula Patrick and attended Wake Forest (1944) and Bowman Gray (1947). He was in private...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. E. T. Marshburn and a Student Nurse

    • Dr. E. T. Marshburn and a Student Nurse

    • Marshburn family, physicians, nursing students, hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital

    • Dr. Elisha Thomas Marshburn Sr. (1924-) was born in Wilmington, N.C., November 25th, 1924 to Elisha and Eva Beasley Marshburn. He received his eduction from Wake Forest (1944) and his M.D. from Bowman Gray in 1947. He was Chief of Staff at New...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Ernest Bulluck

    • Dr. Ernest Bulluck

    • Bulluck family, physicians, Heyer family, Surgeons

    • Dr. Ernest Sutherland Bulluck (1888-1944), son of David William and Marie Sutherland Braswell Bulluck, was born July 26th, 1888, in Whitakers, South Carolina. He married Miss Mary Bell Heyer. His father, David William Bulluck and son, Matthew Heyer...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Frank Reynolds

    • Dr. Frank Reynolds

    • Reynolds family, physicians, medicine

    • Dr. Frank Russell Reynolds (1920-), son of Benjamin Bradford and Katharine Russell Reynolds, was born June 15th, 1920 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He attended UNC-Chapel Hill (1941) and the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his M.D....
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Hubert Eaton, Sr.

    • Dr. Hubert Eaton, Sr.

    • Eaton family, Burnett family, physicians, General Practioners, civil rights, integration

    • Dr. Hubert Arthur Eaton, Jr., son of Chester A. Eaton, M.D., and Estelle A. Eaton, was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He married Celeste Burnette, daughter of Foster F. Burnett, M.D. and they had a son, Hubert A. Eaton, Jr. M.D. He attended...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. James Buren Sidbury

    • Dr. James Buren Sidbury

    • Sidbury family, physicians, Babies Hospital, Dr. James Buren Sidbury

    • Dr. James Buren Sidbury, Jr., son of James Buren, Sr. and Willie Daniel Sidbury, was born January 13th, 1922, in Wilmington, North Carolina. His father James and sister, Rowena S. Hall Lenart, were also Physicians (Pediatrics). He married Ms....
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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