The Henry Latimer House (1883), with its mansard roof, is on the left on the southwest corner of Third and Orange streets. It appears in the photograph that the house has a front porch across the front, which must have been removed at a later date....
N. Front Street, Chestnut Street, Cape Fear Club, Walter Corbett
The Cape Fear Club is on the southeast corner of second and Chestnut streets and is the oldest gentlemen’s club in the south in continuous existence, having been organized in 1852 and reorganized after the Civil War in 1866. Walter Corbett is the...
Wilmington, North Carolina, advertising, signs, employment,
A Dodge truck and an unidentified make of car drive past a Naegele billboard which states "billboards support up to 200 jobs in New Hanover county source: New Hanover planning dept."in an undeveloped area on Carolina Beach Rd. near the Echo Farms...
Parade debutantes board a bus in front of the Cape Fear Hotel (side entrance) located at 201 1/2 North 2nd Street. Also pictured is the Albert F. Rhodes watch repair shop (200 N. 2nd Street).
Military parade marches south on Front Street, possibly an Armistice Day celebration. Old stone post office (built 1889-1891) was on the southeast corner of Front and Chestnut streets. In the background is the Murchison National Bank/Acme Building...
Boy's Brigade Armory, Armory, S. Second Street, Church Street
On the southeast corner of south Second and Church streets, the Boys' Brigade Armory was a large stone building, built in 1904. The Brigade was organized in 1896, by a group of Wilmington businessmen for the benefit of underprivileged boys. One of...
Murchison Building, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street
The Murchison Building is on the corner at left. In that same 200 block of North Front Street, Bulluck Hospital and the Bijou Theater were located on the west side of the street. On the opposite corner is the south side of the Murchison/Acme...
S. Seventh Street, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Churches
Elizabeth Gibbs, a washerwoman, delivers laundry in a baby carriage, across the street from the Ebenezer Baptist Church, 206 South Seventh Street.
Ebenezer Baptist Church was organized in 1868 as an African-American Missionary Baptist...
Chestnut Street, N. Second Street, Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood
A black vendor is in front of the Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood house on the northeast corner of Second and Chestnut Street.
Dr. Wood and his son, Dr. Edward Jenner Wood (1878-1928), shared offices on the ground floor of this building. Dr. Thomas Wood...
A blind musician played in front of the Art Moderne style Friendly Cafeteria Building located on Princess Street. Playing the harp and guitar he worked alone during the week and his wife joined him on weekends. Both had beautiful voices and often...
Chestnut Street, N. Second Street, Cape Fear Club, Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood
A houseman, with a broom is in front of the Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood house on the corner of North Second and Chestnut streets. To the right, through the trees, is the side entrance of the Cape Fear Club.
Chestnut Street - 100 block - north side The main buildings are (from left) the first floor of the Murchison Building, (built 1913/1914); the Murchison National Bank-Acme Building (1902) and the tall building to the left, the Cape Fear Hotel...
The north side of the block contains a number of business establishments of interest. The Barrel Cleaners was owned by Tassie N. Costello, a native of Greece, who continued at the same location until the 1970s. Next to the cleaners is the Wilder...
Murchison Building, First Union Building, N. Front Street
At eleven stories, the Murchison-First Union Building was the tallest structure in Wilmington until the construction of the twelve-story PPD Building in 2007. Built 1913-1914, Wilmington native, Kenneth M. Murchison (1872-1938) of New York, was the...
N. Front Street, Chestnut Street, Murchison-Acme Building
At right on the corner of Front and Chestnut streets is the Murchison National Bank - Acme Building. The bank organized in March 1899, moved into the structure in 1902. Charles McMillen was the architect, with John H. Brunjes, the builder....
Boys on decorated bicycles get ready for a Boys’ Brigade bicycle parade in the 200 block of Church Street. Brigade Armory Building is visible at right.
Feast of Pirates, Parade, Bicycles, Church Street, Cape Fear Apartments, Third Street
Bicycle Parade in the 200 block of Church Street. The side of the Cape Fear Apartments on the northwest corner of Third and Church streets is visible at left.