Italianate style house built for John D. Love (1818-1877), merchant. Purchased in 1874 by Major Thomas Hall McKoy (1837-1902), Confederate officer, cotton buyer; and wife, Margaret Young Anderson (1847-1917). Purchased in 1926 by Benjamin R....
Neoclassical Revival style house built for John William Fleet (1861-1928), partner of Fleet-Davis Men's clothing company; and wife, Maude Mortimer Cornwall (1864-1935), native of Lillington, NC. Altered to duplex in 1930.
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Robert Houston Northrop (1872-1949), manager of J.G. Wright & Son, real estate, and secretary-treasurer of Southeastern Realty; and wife, Mary Wright (1874-1923). Purchased in 1917 by Benjamin Robinson...
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Destroyer, Market Street, Water Street, Tugboat, Ships, Boats, Navy
This b&w photograph, taken about 1930, captures the Navy Destroyer "Blue" as it arrives in the port of Wilmington with a crowd of greeters watching at the foot of Market Street.
Cape Fear River, Cape Fear Terminal Company, Dredge, Boats
This b&w panoramic photograph, taken about 1930, captures port activity near the Cape Fear Terminal Co., located in the southern portion of the harbor.
Pomander Walk Apartments, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion, Wrightsville Beach, Beaches
Wrightsville Beach, Pomander Walk Apartments in front of Lumina.
Pomander Walk Cottages were located on the western side of Lumina (shown in the background). In 1930, the twenty cottages, built on this site replaced a "Tent City," a project of the...
Wilmingtons first iron-front and steel-frame structure, built for George Reade French (1802-1889), native of Massachusetts, boot and shoe merchant. George R. French & Sons, established in 1822, was continued by William A. French (1835-1907) and...
Dutch Colonial Revival style house built for John W. Hale, bookkeeper; and wife, Lona Allen. From 1930 to 1968, occupied by William Harman Henderson (1887-1971), Assistant Vice-president of Traffic for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife,...
Modified Craftsman style bungalow and nursery business built by Eelco Idzard Tinga (1882-1973), native of Sappemeer, the Netherlands, founder of Tinga Nursery, Inc.; and wife, Tjitske Hinnes ( 1884-1977), native of Outkerk, the Netherlands. Notable...
Bungalow built as rental property for Sarah Catherine Davis (1870-1961). Purchased in 1934 by Benjamin C. Watts (1903-1989), pipefitter for Cape Fear Shipbuilding Terminal; and wife, Annie Laura Shipp (1905-1981). Remained in family for...
Tudor style house built for Col. Walker Taylor as wedding present for his daughter, Katherine Grandison Taylor (1901-1991); and finance, Col. John Bright Hill (1897-1984). A native of Warsaw, Duplin County, he was an attorney and veteran of World...
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),...
Dutch Colonial style house built for Henry Patton Hebron (1891-1970), native of Mississippi, World War I United States Army veteran, and supervisor of insurance for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Olive Wright (1895-1973), native of Rhode...
Regency Revival style house built for Alexander Sprunt (1890-1957), president, Alexander Sprunt and Son, cotton exporters, Wilmington Shipping and Wilmington Terminal Warehouse; and wife, Lula Clegg Frere (1891-1977), native of Franklin, LA,...