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    • Tileston School

    • Tileston School
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    • 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
    • Temple of Israel

    • Temple of Israel
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    • Moorish Revival style synagogue built for German Jewish Reform congregation that was organized in 1872. it is the oldest synagogue in North Carolina and one of the few in the United States still housed in its original nineteenth century building.
    • Port City Architecture
    • Tileston School

    • Tileston School
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    • 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
    • Orton Plantation

    • Orton Plantation
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    • The original one-and-one-half story plantation house was built for "King" Roger Moore (1694-1751), native of Goose Creek, SC and first permenant settler in the Lower Cape Fear region. Fredrick Jones Hill (1792-1861), physician, planter, and NC...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Delgado School

    • Delgado School
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    • Originally a three-room Neoclassical Revival style school built for children living in the Delgado Cotton Mill village. In 1940, renamed for Washington Catlett (1852-1934), New Hanover County educator and administrator for fifty-seven years. The...
    • Port City Architecture
    • St. James Episcopal Church, 1844

    • St. James Episcopal Church, 1844

    • churches, Episcopal churches, St. James Episcopal Church, South Third Street

    • St. James Episcopal Church, located at One South Third Street, was acquired by the congregation from Armand deRosset (the rest of the land was acquired over the years). It's design and construction involved at least 10 different architects and...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • St. Paul's Lutheran Church

    • St. Paul's Lutheran Church

    • churches, Lutheran churches, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Gothic Revival Style

    • St. Paul's Lutheran Church, located at 603 Market Street, was built during 1859-1869. H. Vollers was the Architect, and James F. Post was the Supervising Architect. The 1907-08 addition was built by Joseph Schad. Gothic Revival style.
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Portrait of James Walker, Architect

    • Portrait of James Walker, Architect

    • Walker family, Architects, Builders, Philanthropists, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, portraiture

    • This portrait of James Walker can be found hanging on a wall at UNC-Wilmington. James Walker, (1826-1901) was born in Scotland and came to the U.S. (New York), with his brother at the age of 12. He started out as a stone mason, then later moved to...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • St. Paul's Lutheran Church

    • St. Paul's Lutheran Church

    • churches, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Gothic Revival, Lutheran churches

    • St. Paul's Lutheran Church, located at 603 Market Street, was built during 1859-1869. H. Vollers was the Architect, and James F. Post was the Supervising Architect. In 1907-1908 an addition was built by Joseph Schad. Gothic Revival style.
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • St. Paul's Lutheran Church

    • St. Paul's Lutheran Church

    • churches, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Lutheran churches

    • St. Paul's Lutheran Church, located at 603 Market Street, was built during 1859-1869. H. Vollers was the Architect, and James F. Post was the Supervising Architect. The 1907-08 addition was built by Joseph Schad. Gothic Revival style.
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • U.S. Post Office (1889-1891) - rear view.

    • U.S. Post Office (1889-1891) - rear view.

    • Post Office, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street

    • The post office is viewed from north Second Street across Post Office Park. The park was a gathering place for local citizens. During the World Series, the park was very popular, especially before radio became wide-spread. Crowds would congregate...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • U.S. Post Office Building (1889-1891).

    • U.S. Post Office Building (1889-1891).

    • Post Office, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street

    • The massive stone post office with tower and fine Romanesque detailing was built on this site in 1889-91. The architect of the building was W. A. Freret, supervising architect, U.S. Department of the Treasury. Memorial or Armistice Day display is...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • New Hanover County Courthouse and Annex.

    • New Hanover County Courthouse and Annex.

    • New Hanover County Courthouse, Annex, City Hall, N. Third Street

    • North Third Street - 0 and 100 blocks, east side. The red brick New Hanover County Courthouse, is a Queen Anne building completed in 1892. A. S. Eichberg, Savannah, GA, was the architect; James F. Post, was the local supervising architect; and...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Oakdale Cemetery - Monument of Henry Bacon.

    • Oakdale Cemetery - Monument of Henry Bacon.

    • Oakdale Cemetery, Cemeteries, Graves, Henry Bacon

    • Monument is to Henry Bacon (1866-1924), who spent his childhood in Wilmington while his father, Henry Bacon, Sr. (1822-1891), was the chief engineer for the "Rocks", a Federal navigation project (begun in 1875) to close New Inlet near Federal...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Princess Street - 300 block.

    • Princess Street - 300 block.

    • Princess Street

    • View of the north side of the 300 block of Princess Street, with the entrance to Thalian Hall at left. Note house on the corner of the 100 block of north Fourth Street, which was owned by Sarah Bowden. The pavement of Princess Street is made of...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection

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