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    • Williston High School - 1931.

    • Williston High School - 1931.

    • Williston High School, Schools

    • The photo was taken shortly after the construction of the building on the 300-400 blocks of South Tenth Street, which opened on January 16, 1931. It was the first high school for Wilmington's black citizens. On May 6, 1936, a fire originating in...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fennell-Croom House

    • Fennell-Croom House
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    • Built by former Confederate Army Captain, Owen J. Fennell (1832-1910) as his residence. He was a local merchant and Justice of the Peace. Purchased by M.F. Croom in 1892 and remodeled. Remained in family until 1931.
    • Port City Architecture
    • Hasell-Parsley House

    • Hasell-Parsley House
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    • William S. Hasell (1780-1814), attorney, editor of the Wilmington Gazette, and founder of the Circulating Library and Reading Room (1809), built here a three-story brick dwelling known as Williams Castle. The present day house was built upon the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Jones-Mitchell House

    • Jones-Mitchell House
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    • Built for Jane Jones (1786-1855), this house was remodeled in the Italianate style during the ownership of Benjamin F. Mitchell (1812-1894); and wife, Sarah Swann (1813-1881). A native of Maine, he was a partner in the firm of Mitchell and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Hashagen House

    • Hashagen House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for Frederick Ernest Hashagen (1855-1932), partner in firm of Vollers & Hashagen, wholesale grocers; and wife Minnie Gardner (1862-1920). Purchased in 1931 for rental use by neighbor, Robert R. Stone (1866-1955),...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Muse-Winn House

    • Muse-Winn House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for William B. Muse (1884-1927), Atlantic Coast Line Railroad clerk; and wife, Jennie Stanland (1886-1968). In 1931, purchased by George C. Winn (1869-1939), flagman for ACL; and wife, Emma Chancellor (1887-1951). ...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Williston High School

    • Williston High School
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    • Begun in 1865 by the Freedman's Bureau as an elementary school for blacks; then operated by the American Missionary Association and named for Massachusettes benefactor Samuel Williston. It became the city's first public school for blacks when...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Millican House

    • Millican House
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    • Tudor Revival style house built for Alexander Graham Millican (1895-1976), native of Whiteville, druggist and owner of Standard Pharmacy; and wife, Louise Beale (1900-1979), native of Norfolk, VA. The property was included in the first North...
    • Port City Architecture
    • J. Love Davis House

    • J. Love Davis House
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    • Bungalow built as investment property for Frank DeVane (1898-1987), manager of the North Carolina Bank and Trust Company, and wife, Aline. C. (1903-1980). Purchased in 1932 by James Love Davis (1882-1958), owner of Davis Grocery;, and wife, Edna...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Dr. J. B. Lounsbury

    • Dr. J. B. Lounsbury

    • physicians, Lounsbury family

    • Dr. James Breckinridge Lounsbury (1909-1974), son of Helen Beeks and Ralph Reed Lounsbury, was born in Wilmette, Illinois, June 29th, 1909. He married Miss Beatrice Thomen and was educated at Yale (1931) where he also received his M.D. (1935). He...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake, Spillway

    • Greenfield waterfall on the site of the old mill spillway, with fountain in the center. Note the whitewashed trunks of some trees on the right. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake

    • Scene at the lake, showing the water, cypress trees and Spanish moss. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.) attempt...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake, Spillway, S. Third Street

    • View is from the spillway area, looking west toward South Third Street. During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.)...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake Park.

    • Greenfield Lake

    • During the Depression, construction workers built the five mile drive around the lake. It was completed in July, 1931, as part of a Works Project Administration(W.P.A.) attempt to put a portion of the numerous area unemployed to work. In colonial...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection

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