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- Harrison-Norden House
- Colonial Revival style house built as investment property for Thomas Wesley Harrison (1878-1955), president of A. D. Brown & Co., dry goods. Purchased in 1939 by Eric Norden (1869-1946), native of Sweden, civil engineer and map maker; and wife,...
- Port City Architecture
- Hinton-Nixon House
- Dutch Colonial Revival style house built for Edgar Latimer Hinton (1868-1936), businessman and owner of the Seashore Hotel at Wrightsville Beach; and wife, Mamie E. Lively (b. 1882), native of Birmingham, AL. From 1941 to 1991 owned by Nixon...
- Port City Architecture
- New Hanover High School
- Newclassical Revival style school opened in 1922 with an enrollment of 840 students, the largest in North Carolina. Leslie N. Boney, architect, designed the wings, 1930; the Princess Street gymnasium, 1940; and Brogden Hall, 1954. Notable students...
- Port City Architecture
- J.W. Brooks Building
- Unique over-water warehouse constructed for John Wesley Brooks (1868-1937), wholesale grocer; and wife, Rosa Jenrette (1871-1955), natives of Brunswick County. The family business, Brooks Cash Grocery Company, operated here until 1978.
- Port City Architecture
- Collins-Jones House
- Dutch Colonial style house built for Walter May Collins (1869-1945), native of Lincolnshire, England, farmer; and wife, Wilella James (1875-1961), native of Pender County. Purchased in 1946 by Willie Avant Jones, Sr. (1895-1976), native of...
- Port City Architecture
- Coast Guard Cutters Arrive at Custom House
- Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Coast Guard, Cutters, Ships, Boats, Custom House, Federal Building
- Taken around 1920, this b&w photograph shows the Coast Guard Cutters Modoc and McAdoo as they arrive at the government dock in front of the U. S. Custom House on North Water Street.
- Wilmington Harbor Collection
- Port of Wilmington
- Cape Fear River, Waterfront
- This panoramic photograph, taken about 1920, captures a wide view of the Wilmington Harbor from the Northeast Cape Fear River Bridge.
- Wilmington Harbor Collection
- U.S. Custom House on Christmas Day, 1920
- U.S. Custom House, Christmas, Water Street
- U.S. Custom House on Christmas Day, 1920
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Front and Nun Streets, Looking North, Christmas Day, 1920
- S. Front Street, Nun Street
- A view of Front and Nun Streets, Looking North, Christmas, 1920
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- View, Looking North on 3rd Street at Dock Streets, Looking North, From Inside a Truck, 1920
- Dock Street, Third Street
- View of 3rd and Dock Streets, looking North, from inside a truck, 1920
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Destroying Whiskey During the 1920's
- Prohibition, whiskey
- Destroying whiskey during the 1920's-birds eye view
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Athletic Contest, Lumina, 1920
- Lumina, Wrighstville Beach, sports
- An athletic contest at Lumina, Wrightsville Beach, 1920
- Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
- Fennell-Crump House
- Queen Anne style house built for Ellen Jackson Murphy (1849-1939), widow of Dallas M. Fennell (1848-1895), bookkeeper. Purchased in 1920 by Edward P. Crump (1862-1943), native of Alabama, chemical corporation superintendent; and wife, Cora B....
- Port City Architecture
- Forshee-Sprunt House
- Italianate style house built for James M. Forshee, native of Philadelphia and partner in Kenan & Forshee, commission merchants; and wife, Sallie M. Extensively remodeled in 1920 by J. Laurence Sprunt (1866 - 1973), cotton broker; and wife, Annie...
- Port City Architecture
- John D. Bellamy Building
- Commercial building constructed as rental property for John D. Bellamy, Jr. (1854-1942), attorney and U.S. congressman; and wife, Emma May Hargrove (1857-1944), native of Hibernia Plantation, Granville County, NC. Remained in family for forty-five...
- Port City Architecture
- Morrill-Lennon House
- Craftsman style house built by Charles D. Morrill (1851-1910), native of Boston, MA, contractor and builder; and wife, Caroline A. Williams (1853-1939), native of Columbus County. Purchased in 1920 by Rosser Yates Lennon (1871-1963), freight...
- Port City Architecture
- Thomas Thornton
- 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.
- Port City Architecture
- Freeman-Peders House
- Queen Anne style cottage built for Adolph L. Freeman (1884-1944), clerk for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Sudie Bannerman (1890-1991). Purchased in 1920 by Viola Shaw Loring Peders (1900-1976), native of Maysville, NC, stenographer and...
- Port City Architecture
- Blanchard House
- Craftsman style bungalow built for Suell Winston Blanchard (1887-1962), native of Warsaw, NC, carpenter and Electric Repair & Service Company electrician; and wife, Estell Shepard (1899-1971), assistant branch manager, Reed's Millinery.
- Port City Architecture
- Dye-Honeycutt House
- Craftsman style bungalow built as rental property for the Victory Home Company that provided housing for Carolina and Liberty shipyard workers. Purchased in 1940 by Earle Edward Dye (1904-1992), clerk for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife,...
- Port City Architecture