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    • Forshee-Sprunt House

    • Forshee-Sprunt House
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    • 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
    • Goodman House

    • Goodman House
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    • One of twin Queen Anne Style houses built as rental property for brothers William Goodman (1843-1911) and Bernhardt Goodman (1845-1913), natives of Ottershausen, Bavaria, and dry goods merchants. Remained in family until 1973.
    • Port City Architecture
    • William E. Worth House

    • William E. Worth House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for William Elliott Worth (1850-1923), founder of W.E. Worth & Co., ice manufacturers, secretary-treasurer and general manager of University Oil & Fertilizer Co.; and wife, Nellie Shay (1853-1921), native of Brooklyn,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Jaffe House

    • Jaffe House
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    • Tudor Revival style house built for Harry Jaffe (1887-1962), native of Leeds, England; and wife, Dora Wolff (1897-1973), native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, proprietors of Castle Street Furniture Company. Mirror image cottage design attributed...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Cameron-Hollman House

    • Cameron-Hollman House
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    • Built by Capt. George Cameron (c. 1750-1823) as his family residence. Purchased by Capt. Peter A. Hollman in 1814. Sold to H.F. Newkirk in 1910 and remained in family until 1969. The two wings were built earlier than the main part of the house. The...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Louis Goodman House

    • Louis Goodman House
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    • One of twin Queen Ann style houses built as investment property for brothers William and Bernhard Goodman, merchants, natives of Bavaria. In 1933, inherited by nephew Louis Goodman (1882-1959), attorney, native of Otterhausen, Germany; and wife,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • U.S. Custom House

    • U.S. Custom House
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    • This massive Neoclassical Revival style building took three years to construct during World War I. The pedimented facades of the flanking wings are copies of the 1843 Greek Revival style custom house that stood previously on the site. In 1965, the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • John Hall House

    • John Hall House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for John Hall (1879-1983) of Hall & Pearsall, Inc., wholesale grocers and importers; and wife, Ktherine Hoke (1886-1968), native of Lincolnton, NC. House remained in family until 1973. Moved from 6 South Ninth...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Ebert-Artis House

    • Ebert-Artis House
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    • Colonial Revival style house built for Harry Waddell Ebert (1898-1944), Wilmington Fire Department Captain; and wife, Mary Edna Zellers (1907-2001). Purchased in 1973 by Edgar W. Artis (1917-1990), warehouse manager; and wife, Carrie Davis...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Dr. David Thomas

    • Dr. David Thomas

    • Pryse family, physicians, Thomas family, Sheaffer family

    • Dr. David Pryse Thomas (1907-), son of Pyrse and Sarah Jeanette Elias Thomas, was born July 16, 1907 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He attended Lehigh University (1934) and the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his M.D. (1938). He married...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Donald Koonce

    • Dr. Donald Koonce

    • Koonce family, physicians, medicine

    • Dr. Donald Brock Koonce (1905-1975), son of Simon Everette and Lila Ward Koonce, was born September 6th, 1905 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was married to Louise Bellamy Wood and later to Mary Hargrove Bellamy. His father was also a Physician....
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion

    • A large gathering on the beach in front of Lumina. Note movie screen on left. Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion

    • A crowd assembles on ocean side of Lumina. Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a chain of barrier...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Lumina Pavilion, Lumina, Wrightsville Beach, Beaches

    • In 1901, the beach car line from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach was sold by the Wilmington and Seacoast Railroad to the Consolidated Railways, Light and Power Company (later the Tidewater Power Co.) and shortly thereafter, the line was converted...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion, Race

    • A crowd watches a foot race on the beach in front of Lumina. In 1901, the beach car line from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach was sold by the Wilmington and Seacoast Railroad to the Consolidated Railways, Light and Power Company (later the...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection

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