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    • U.S. Army Reserve Training Center, Wilmington, NC (2)

    • U.S. Army Reserve Training Center, Wilmington, NC (2)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, reservists, Naval Reserves, Greenfield Lake,

    • A group of Army soldiers look on as a group of civilians are seated waiting for a program to begin in the parking lot beside the building. Flag is flying at full mast. Two military cars are in the foreground, one has "U.S. Army 1 E 9785 for...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • U.S. Army Reserve Training Center, Wilmington, NC (1)

    • U.S. Army Reserve Training Center, Wilmington, NC (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, military, reservists, Navy, Greenfield Lake, servicemen

    • The front of the U.S. Army Reserve training center on West Lake Shore DR. Two unidentified men, one soldier and one civilian, standing by the flag pole with the flag at full mast. Now known as the Adrian B. Rhodes Armed Forces Reserve Center, 2144...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Reenactors at Bentonville, Battleground

    • Reenactors at Bentonville, Battleground

    • Four Oaks, Johnston County, North Carolina, Civil War, War Between the States, Union Army, uniforms, historic sites, reenactments

    • North Carolina's largest Civil War re-enactment at Bentonville: In costume Chuck Clark with snare drum, Brent Boss carrying Confederate flag, Aaron Ritter wearing Army hat and an unidentifed man carrying a rifle with bayonet attached, marching by a...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • U.S. Army Landing Craft

    • U.S. Army Landing Craft

    • New Hanover County, North Carolina, ships, Cape Fear River, soldiers, WW II, military

    • Left to right, CW2 Robert Blomerth, CW1 Victor Schoenhals and Sargent Richard Stephenson perform routine maintenance as they spend time on a U.S. Army landing craft The Brandywine, which docked in Wilmington for a time while on the way back to its...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Price-Leiner House

    • Price-Leiner House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for Willie Ann Wood Price (1857-1931), widow of William P. Price (1853-1904). Purchased in 1919 by Ludwig Leiner (1862-1951); and wife, Katie Stuart Burriss (1880-1970). A native of Bavaria, he served in the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Salvation Army Building

    • Salvation Army Building
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    • The Wilmington chapter of the Salvation Army was organized in 1887. After operating in various locations, this Mediterranean style building was the first to be constructed for the organization at a cost of $30,000. The cornerstone was laid April...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Dr. George Koseruba

    • Dr. George Koseruba

    • Koseruba family, physicians, Pediatricians

    • Dr. George M. Koseruba was the son of a Russian couple who immigrated to Canada. He attended Southern California's Loma Linda University where he earned his M.D. He came to Wilmington in 1939 and served his internship and first year residency at...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Lock and Dam (1)

    • Lock and Dam (1)

    • locks and dams, Cape Fear River

    • Lockmaster Robin Hall explains how the lock and dam works at the US Army Corps of Engineers, lock and dam no. 1, on the Cape Fear River in Bladen County Thursday afternoon.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Paddlewheel Ship H.G. Wright

    • Paddlewheel Ship H.G. Wright

    • Wilmington, New Hanover county, North Carolina, boats, steam-powered, Army Corps of Engineers, snag boat

    • Left to right, Leslie Bright, state underwater archaeologist, Jerry Dunn, volunteer, and Dave Carnell, chairman of the board of directors of the New Hanover Co. museum work to raise the workings of the paddlewheel ship the H.G. Wright from the edge...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Fennell-Croom House

    • Fennell-Croom House
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    • Built by former Confederate Army Captain, Owen J. Fennell (1832-1910) as his residence. He was a local merchant and Justice of the Peace. Purchased by M.F. Croom in 1892 and remodeled. Remained in family until 1931.
    • Port City Architecture
    • Mitchell-Anderson House

    • Mitchell-Anderson House
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    • Oldest surviving structure in Wilmington, Georgian style house built for Edward Mitchell (c. 1744), native of Charleston, SC, carpenter and planter. Purchased in 1828 by Thomas F. Davis (1778-1846), clerk of New Hanover County Court. Inherited in...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Bellamy Mansion

    • Bellamy Mansion
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    • Classical style house built by slaves and free black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896), physician, planter, and business leader; and wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907). After the fall of Fort Fisher, in 1865, commandeered as...
    • Port City Architecture
    • A.M. Wilson House

    • A.M. Wilson House
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    • Colonial Revival style house built as residence for Captain Alexander M. Wilson, Sr. (1851-1914); and wife, Ellen Nora Piver (1857-1911). At age 12, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and was engaged in the battle of Fort Fisher. He later became a...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Woodbury-Hoggard House

    • Woodbury-Hoggard House
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    • Italianate style house built for Daniel Phineas Woodbury (1812-1864), native of New Hampshire, US Army engineer, and Union Major General. Purchased in 1919 by John Thomas Hoggard (1876-1965); and wife, Virginia Hawes (1887-1967). He was a...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Gillette House

    • Gillette House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style bungalow, built for George William Gillette (1888-1971); and wife, Pearl Marine (1891-1945), both natives of Marine, Onslow County. Gillettewas the electrical engineer with Tide Water Power Co., World War I and World War...
    • Port City Architecture

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