Craftsman style house built for William Walter Love (1877-1930), wholesale grocer and president of Carolina Packing Co.; and wife, Bettie Johnson (1880-1964). Purchased in 1923 by Annie Paddison Pretlow (1876-1959); wife of Joel Cook Pretlow...
Italianate style house built for James Grant (1818-1892), merchant and native of Lenoir Co.; and wife, Keziah Stephens (1820-1893). Purchased in 1868 by Andrew J. Howell (1829-1911). Eastern one third of house demolished in 1913. Home of Rev....
Bungalow built as wedding gift by Asa Haynes High for son Daniel Pinckney High (1886-1926), native of Columbus County, N C, dentist; and wife, Janet Poag (1883-1971), native of Lancaster, SC. House remained in family until 1986.
Colonial Revival style house built for Horace Percy Munson (1866-1958), of Munson & Company, retail clothing merchants. Residence also, of siblings, Katherine Clark (1860-1928) and Edward H. Munson (1871-1946), First Presbyterian Church organist....
Neoclassical Revival style house built as rental property for Maria Brown McKoy (1855-1942), widow of Robert Hassell McKoy (1855-1901), attorney. Purchased in 1943 by Frank Lem (1916-1990), owner of the New China Restaurant; and wife, Velma Walker...
Neoclassical Revival style house built for E.L. Mathews, Sr. (1880-1964), native of Florence County, SC, founder of E.L. Mathews Candy Co.; and wife, Elizabeth J. Rogers (1880-1918), native of Sampson County. Purchased in 1949 by Herbert Rinton...
Craftsman style house built as rental property for Michael J. Corbett (1856-1942), native of Ireland, President of The Corbett Company, commission merchants; and wife, Josephine Deans (1862-1956). Purchased in 1919 by the Vestry of St. James Parish...
Greek Revival style house built by John Wooster (1791-1869), native of Connecticut, dry goods merchant with Wooster, Anderson, and Company; and wife, Lucy A. Wright (1801-1864). Inherited by son, Capt. John L. Wooster (1821-1885), attorney,...
Craftsman style bungalow built for Albert Franklin Swinson (1883-1954), native of Sampson County, bookkeeper; and wife, Mary Blair (1890-1934). Purchased in 1969 by Irving Dowe (1930- ), maintenance foreman for The Wilmington Star News; and wife...
Queen Anne style house built by E. William Gilchrist (1850-1928) native of Richmond County, NC, commission merchant and a founder of Acme Manufacturing Co. Interior Colonial Revival alterations were made in 1913 after plans drawn by Alex Morton...
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Elizabeth Whitehurst (1877-1948) and John Milton Coin (1877-1937), manager of Angola Lumber Co. Purchased in 1919 by Harry Edmund Rogers (1885-1969), native of Dayton, Ohio, attorney and dean of Wilmington...
Greek Revival style house built for Armand John deRosset (1808-1897), physician and merchant; and wife, Eliza Jane Lord (1812-1876). They added the northeast wing in 1854 and the Italianate cornice and conservatory in 1874. Purchased in 1882 by...
Queen Anne style house built for Joseph T. King (1871-1920), native of Bladen County and freight agent for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Hattie Mahn (1873-1940). Purchased in 1913 by Benjamin Heriot Houston (1854-1926), clerk for...
Greek Revival style house built for Diana Larrington (1804-1886) and her children. Moved north on lot and extended by Henry C. Bear (1878-1925), real estate developer, who owned the property from 1913 to 1918.
Greek Revival style house built by John Wooster (1791-1869), native of Connecticut, dry goods merchant with Wooster, Anderson and Company; and wife, Lucy A. Wright (1801-1864). Inherited by son, Capt. John L. Wooster (1831-1885), attorney,...