New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Peyton Hoge House
Queen Anne style house built according to the drawings prepared by first owner, the Rev. Peyton Harrison Hoge (1858-1940), native of Hampden-Sydney, VA and minister of First Presbyterian Church (1885-1899); and wife, Mary Stuart Holladay...
Port City Architecture

Alexander Hall House
Queen Anne style house built c. 1897 for Alexander Hall (1874-1933), president of the Wilmington Grocery Company; and wife, Margaret Hargrave (1875-1961). According to family tradition, house was a wedding present from the grooms parents. Remained...
Port City Architecture

First Baptist Church
Gothic Revival style church built for Baptist congregation organized in 1808. Construction began under pastorate of the Reverend John L. Prichard (1811-1862), who died during the Yellow Fever epidemic. The building was completed and dedicated five...
Port City Architecture

Modern View of the Burgwin-Wright House, Wilmington
Burgwin-Wright House, John Burgwin, Lord Cornwalis, Judge Joshua Grainger Wright, Wright Family, Burgwin family, North Carolina Society of Colonial
One of the few Georgian-style houses to survive in Wilmington, the house was built about 1770-1771, by John Burgwin (1731-1803), a prominent lawyer, merchant and owner of considerable area real estate. Prior to the purchase by Burgwin, the lot was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Print, Burgwin-Wright House and St. James Church, Wilmington, 1847, Mr. Humphrey
Burgwin-Wright House, St. James Church
The Burgwin-Wright House was built about 1770-1771, by John Burgwin (1731-1803), a prominent lawyer, merchant and owner of considerable area real estate. The lot was previously the site of the New Hanover County jail, and according to local...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Front View of The Lord Cornwallis House (Burgwin-Wright House)
Historical Homes, Wilmington, North Carolina, Civil War period
The Burgwin-Wright House was built about 1770-1771, by John Burgwin (1731-1803), a prominent Lawyer, Merchant and owner of considerable area real estate. The lot was previously the site of the New Hanover County jail, and according to local...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Seashore Hotel
Seashore Hotel, Wrightsville Beach, Fire
Another scene after the fire and destruction of the Seashore Hotel, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, on 26 June 1919. According to Beverly Tetterton, Wilmington: Lost But Not Forgotten (pages 178-179), a new three-story hotel was erected on the...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

North Front Street - 200 block.
N. Front Street, Murchison, Chestnut Street
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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Blueberry Farm.
Blueberry Farm, Blueberries
According to information written on the back of this photo, "blueberries of fine texture and flavor are grown in profusion in the Wilmington area."
Louis T. Moore Collection

North Front Street, 200 block, east side.
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....
Louis T. Moore Collection

Money Island, Wrightsville Sound, near the mouth of Bradley Creek.
Wrightsville Sound, Money Island, Bradley Creek
The island contains about one acre of high ground and for years, it was overgrown with live oaks and cedar trees, whose growth was retarded by very poor soil and exposure to numerous storms. In the early eighteenth century, the Carolina coast was a...
Louis T. Moore Collection

North Carolina Sorosis Clubhouse - North Third Street - 100 block.
Sorosis, N. Third Street
According to the 1860 Wilmington City Directory, Shaddrack M. West (ca. 1810-1871) was living in the house on North Third Street, between Princess and Chestnut streets. The large three-story Italinate dwelling was built ca. 1858. On July 10, 1914,...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Burgwin-Wright House (Cornwallis House) - Market Street and Third Street - Side view.
Burgwin-Wright, Cornwallis, Market Street, Third Street
At right are the steps and entrance to St. James Episcopal Church. One of the few Georgian-style houses to survive in Wilmington, the house was built about 1770-1771, by John Burgwin (1731-1803), a prominent lawyer, merchant and owner of...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Eliza Mumford Owen to James Owen, 1822
Owen, Barry, Milton, Ansoc
Page 2 of letter from Eliza Mumford Owen to her husband, James Owen, dated the Friday the 27th (either September or December, according to an 1822 calendar). Eliza writes from Milton, their family home, that she does not like to be separated from...
Owen and Barry Family Papers

Eliza Mumford Owen to James Owen, 1822
Owen, Barry, Milton, Ansoc
Page 3 of letter from Eliza Mumford Owen to her husband, James Owen, dated the Friday the 27th (either September or December, according to an 1822 calendar). Eliza writes from Milton, their family home, that she does not like to be separated from...
Owen and Barry Family Papers

Eliza Mumford Owen to James Owen, 1822
Owen, Barry, Milton, Ansoc
Page 1 of letter from Eliza Mumford Owen to her husband, James Owen, dated the Friday the 27th (either September or December, according to an 1822 calendar). Eliza writes from Milton, their family home, that she does not like to be separated from...
Owen and Barry Family Papers

NCRPC01869
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
Launching of the SS John Merrick, on July 11, 1943, at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, NC. Martha M. Donnell, the daughter of John Merrick, was the sponsor. According to William Reaves' "Strength Through Struggle," the ship...
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, 1941-1946

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