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    • 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
    • Bonitz Building

    • Bonitz Building
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    • Neoclassical Revival style building designed by Henry E. Bonitz (1872-1921), native of Goldsboro, NC, to house his architectural firm, and the Royal Arcanum Hall lodge. Purchased in 1944 by Richard A. Shew (1905-1991), owner of Shew Realty Company;...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Bridgers House

    • Bridgers House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for Elizabeth Eagles Haywood (1857-1932), widow of Preston L. Bridgers. Remained in Bridgers family until 1944. Headquarters of American Legion Post #10 from 1944 to 1972.
    • Port City Architecture
    • Brink-Goodman House

    • Brink-Goodman House
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    • One of a pair of Italianate style houses built as rental property for Colonel Edwin R. Brink (1832-1922), native of New York and Postmaster of Wilmington from 1867 to 1885. Owned as rental property by William Goodman family from 1895 to 1944. Saved...
    • Port City Architecture
    • 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
    • Dr. Calvin MacKay

    • Dr. Calvin MacKay

    • MacKay family, Plymette family, physicians

    • Dr. James Calvin Mackay (1924-), son of William Henry, M.D., and Florence Gompers McKay, was born in Washington, D.C., May 3rd, 1924. He married Miss Shirley Plymette and attended Cornell University (1944) and Bowman Gray (1947). He was in private...
    • 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. 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. 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
    • Dr. James Tidler

    • Dr. James Tidler

    • Tidler family, Brabban family, physicians, Cardiologists

    • Dr. James Tidler (1920-), son of J.O.T Tidler, was born in Clarksburg, W. Va, July 29, 1920. He married Miss Margaret Brabban and attended West Virginia University (1941) and the Medical College of Virginia (1944). He was in private practice as a...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Walter Crouch

    • Dr. Walter Crouch

    • Crouch family, physicians, medicine

    • Dr. Walter Lee Crouch (1924-), son of Auley McRae and Muriel Lee McFales Crouch, was born March 26th, 1924 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Both his father, Auley McRae Crouch, Sr. and his brother, Auley McRae Crouch, Jr., were pediatricians. He...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Evans-Mercer-Tusch House

    • Evans-Mercer-Tusch House
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    • Originally a one-story cottage built for Henry C. Evans (1832-1896), native of Brunswick County. Enlarged to two-stories in 1906 by nephew, John Bascom Mercer (1855-1913), of the shoe firm Mercer & Evans; and wife, May Lilly (1869-1935), native of...
    • 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
    • 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

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