Third building constructed to house St.. Johns Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M. Until 1899 third floor used by several masonic lodges. Receptions held here for Henry Clay (1844), Daniel Webster (1847), and President James K. Polk (1849). Public Hall on...
Neoclassical Revival style commercial building commissioned by Benjamin H.J. Ahrens (1844-1912), native of Germany, grocer, for sons Eduard (1876-1961), and Adolph G. (1882-1953), who operated Ahrens Brothers Wholesale Drug Company here for...
Shingle style house built for Lissette Smith (1853-1930), widow of Andrew T. Smith (1849-1907). Conveyed in 1922 to Julius E. Willoughby (1871-1944), Chief Engineer of Roadway, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Remained in family until 1960.
Queen Anne style building erected to replace old North Fourth Street farmers market and fire house. Market operated here until 1917. In 1977 fire department moved to Princess Place Drive. Wilmington Boxing Center, under the management of...
Robertson family, physicians, Albright family, Sanderson family, Cancer Hospital
Dr. James Farish, Robertson, Jr. (1888-1975), son of James Farish Robertson, Sr., M.D. and Mary Elizabeth Grattan Robertson, was born in Culpepper, Virginia July 27th, 1888. His first wife was Juliette Howard Albright (1916); his second wife,...
Robertson Family, physicians, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Dr. James Farish, Robertson, Jr. (1888-1975), son of James Farish Robertson, Sr., M.D. and Mary Elizabeth Grattan Robertson, was born in Culpepper, Virginia July 27th, 1888. His first wife was Juliette Howard Albright (1916); his second wife,...
Robertson family, Powell family, physicians, medicine, hospitals, Cancer hospitals
Dr. James Farish, Robertson, Jr. (1888-1975), son of James Farish Robertson, Sr., M.D. and Mary Elizabeth Grattan Robertson, was born in Culpepper, Virginia July 27th, 1888. His first wife was Juliette Howard Albright (1916); his second wife,...
Dr. James Farish, Robertson, Jr. (1888-1975), son of James Farish Robertson, Sr., M.D. and Mary Elizabeth Grattan Robertson, was born in Culpepper, Virginia July 27th, 1888. His first wife was Juliette Howard Albright (1916); his second wife,...
Colonial Revival style house built for Horace P. Munson (1866-1958), tailor, as rental property. In 1907 rented to Edward C. Bessellieu (18661943), bookkeeper for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Emma Smith (1871-1945). He purchased the...
Residence of Thomas Thornton (b. 1834), steamboat engineer and river pilot, and his family from c. 1866 to 1907. House occupied by James L. White and family from 1920 to 1975.
English Gothic style church designed by Hobart Upjohn and George W. Conable, New York architects. Built for Episcopal parish established in 1907, replacing an 1892 mission chapel which was an outgrowth of the St. James Home. Church cornerstone laid...
This undivided back postcard features an illustration which depicts a man fishing in a rowboat while a sailboat drifts in the waters off Wrightsville Beach.
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Turpentine, Water Street, Boats, Nun Street
This undivided back postcard depicts the waterfront at the foot of Nun Street. The wall to the left surrounds the river facing yard of the James Sprunt residence.