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South Front Street - 400 block.
S. Front Street
The west side of the 400 block of South Front Street (Block 99) contains from left the Thomas H. Smith House (No. 420), the Meares-Bridgers-Kerchner House(No. 416), the Forshee-Sprunt House (No. 410) and the Governor Dudley Mansion (No. 400). The...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Bell House
Queen Anne style house built for Benjamin Bell (1852-1923), co-founder and president of Jackson & Bell Co., printers, and owner of The Messenger newspaper. Inherited by son, Zack Kershaw Bell (1883-1963), vice-president of Jackson & Bell Co.; and...
Port City Architecture

Tileston School
The original Italianate style center section was financed by philanthropist Mary Tileston Hemenway (1820-1894) and designed by John A. Fox, both of Boston, MA; James Walker, local supervising architect; Strausz & Rice of Wilmington, builders....
Port City Architecture

Governor Dudley Mansion
Built by Edward B. Dudley (1789-1855), rice planter, president of Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad Company and governor (1836-1841), first elected by popular vote. Purchased in 1885 by J. Pembroke Jones (1858-1919), capitalist; and wife, Sarah W....
Port City Architecture

Air Boat at Carolina Beach Inlet
North Carolina, New Hanover County, Rowan County, boats, waterways, Intracoastal, marshes, beaches
Hoover Lingle, left, and his wife Carolyn ply the shallow waters of a marshy area near Carolina Beach Inlet in their 400 horse power air boat, which they use for fishing. The couple lives in Salisbury and own a cottage at Carolina Beach.
Star-News Image Archive

Volunteers Sort Food
Cape Fear Gospel Mission
Volunteers L.E. Boyd (left) and Pete Styron (right) begin early Thursday morning as they sort out several long lines of food stuffs in the chapel at Cape Fear Gospel Rescue Mission. Volunteers gathered to distribute bags of food, turkeys, clothes...
Star-News Image Archive

Wilmington High School, Originally Tileston Elementary School
high schools, Wilmington High School, Tileston Elementary School, James Walker, John A. Fox, Architects, Ann Street
Located at 400 Ann St., between South 4th and 5th Streets, Wilmington High School originally opened as the Tileston Normal School in 1872. John A. Fox was and James Walker (Supervising) were the original architects. It has since changed names and...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Governor Dudley Mansion
Dudley Family, Historic Houses, Dudley Mansion
Located at 400 South Front Street this house was built by North Carolina Governor James Bishop Dudley (1789-1855). Tradition says it was built as early as 1825. This image was taken about 1900.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Wright Street - 400 block; Fifth Street, 1000 block.
Wright Street, Cameron House, Fifth Street
The Cameron House is on the corner of Fifth and Meares streets at 1019 South Fifth; Samuel Bear, Sr. & Sons, storage building (large white building in the center) is at 1018 South Fifth Street.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad General Headquarters.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Terminal, N. Front Street
The railroad terminal and offices were located in the 400 and 500 blocks of north Front Street. (Note streetcar tracks.) The General offices moved to Jacksonville, FL, in 1960. The buildings were given to the City of Wilmington and most were...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Fifth Avenue - 300 block; Ann Street, 400 block.
St. Mary's Cathedral, S. Fifth Avenue, Ann Street
In 1908-1911, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Pro-Cathedral was built by Rafael Guastavino (father) and Rafael Guastavino (son) in the Spanish Baroque style of architecture. Natives of Spain, the two Guastavinos made extensive use of brick and tile....
Louis T. Moore Collection

Governor Edward B. Dudley Mansion - South Front Street, 400 block.
S. Front Street, Nun Street, Sprunt, Governor Edward B. Dudley Mansion,
The imposing mansion on the corner of Front and Nun streets has been the home of several prominent families. The house is thought to have been constructed about 1825 by Governor Dudley (1789-1855). In 1836, he became the first popularly elected...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Ann Street, 400 block - Intersection with South Fifth Street.
Ann Street, S. Fifth Street, St. Mary's Cathedral, Tileston School, Churches, Schools
Students in costume are in school yard, before the front wings of the school were added. St. Mary's Catholic Pro-Cathedral is in the background. The original school building in the middle of the block was constructed in 1871-1872 with funds from...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Spofford Mills - Main textile plant and office.
Spofford Mills, Delgado Mills
In the 1920s, the plant employed nearly 400 people, most of whom lived nearby in the mill village. During the War Between the States, the site, where the Delgado (Spofford) Cotton Mill would eventually be built, was used as a camp for Confederate...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Market Street and Fifth Avenue - 400 and 500 block of Market Street.
Market Street, Fifth Avenue, Carolina Apartments, Bellamy Mansion, First Baptist Church, Dawson
On the left side of the street is the front and side porch of the John Dawson House, (1857), the side of the Carolina Apartments (1906-1907). The Kenan Memorial Fountain (1921) is in the center of the intersection of Market and Fifth Avenue. On the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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