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...
banks, New Hanover County,Front Street, businesses
Officials of the Bank of North Carolina dedicated the building's restored facade. They declared themselves proud of the bank's new "old" look, which harmonizes with downtown Wilmington's other vintage buildings.
robberies, banks, North Carolina, New Hanover County
Officer, J. Fred Newber, crime scene specialist with the Wilmington Police Department, dusts for fingerprints while Southern National Bank senior vice president, Larry Robertson, uses the telephone after a robbery at the bank on Front Street.
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....
New Hanover County, North Carolina, banks, banking, mergers
As the final act of their bank merger, BB&T put its sign up at the former headquarters of the Carolina Savings Bank at the corner of south 3rd and Princess Streets. Wilson based BB&T bought the former savings and loan which was founded in...
A robber rifles a teller's money drawer in a holdup at a North Carolina National Bank branch in Shallotte, N.C. His accompolice holds a pistol on the side of the teller's booth. The pair and a getaway driver made off with an undisclosed amount of...
Orton Hotel, People's Savings Bank, J. W. Murchison Company
109-117 North Front Street, West side of the Street, shows from left to right, Joel Wallace Murchison & Co. Hardware, the People's Savings Bank and overall The Orton (hotel), J. H. Hinton manager, as listed in the 1905 Wilmington City Directory...