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South Front and Orange streets, looking north.
S. Front Street, Orange Street
At left, on the corner of South Front and Orange Streets is the Stemmerman Building, formerly owned by Claus Stemmerman (1825-1892), a native of Beverstedt, Hannover, Germany. He operated a grocery store on this corner from 1860 until his death in...
Louis T. Moore 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

North Front Street - View from the Atlantic Trust Building, Northeast corner, Front and Market streets, looking north.
Front Street, Market Street, Atlantic Trust Building, Murchison Building, Masonic Building
General view of North Front Street. Prominent buildings from left are: top of Masonic Building, Atlantic National Bank Building (later People's Bank), Side of Orton Hotel (see sign), Murchison Building, Tower and top of Post Office and the Cape...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Murchison Building-First Union Building - North Front Street, 200 block.
Murchison Building, First Union Building, N. Front Street
At eleven stories, the Murchison-First Union Building was the tallest structure in Wilmington until the construction of the twelve-story PPD Building in 2007. Built 1913-1914, Wilmington native, Kenneth M. Murchison (1872-1938) of New York, was the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Intersection of North Front Street and Chestnut Street, looking north.
Murchison Building, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street
The Murchison Building is on the corner at left. In that same 200 block of North Front Street, Bulluck Hospital and the Bijou Theater were located on the west side of the street. On the opposite corner is the south side of the Murchison/Acme...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Chestnut Street - 0 block, looking west from North Front Street.
N. Front Street, Chestnut Street, Murchison Building, Southern Building, Fire Boat.
A woman stands next to a light pole at the corner of North Front and Chestnut Street. At left is the Southern Building and at right is the Murchison Building. At the foot of the street, the Fire Boat station is visible. The five-story Southern...
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CG Cutter Modoc in front of U.S. Custom House
Custom House, Coast Guard, Modoc, Waterfront, Cape Fear River
U.S. Custom House, 1916 (now known as the Alton A. Lennon Federal Building after a former U.S. Congressman from North Carolina’s Seventh Congressional District). A U. S. Custom House has been on this site (Water Street, north, between Market and...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Intersection of North Front and Chestnut streets.
Murchison Building, Murchison/Acme Building, Bijou Theater, N. Front Street, Chesnut Street
The Murchison Building (at left) and the Murchison/Acme Building are on the corners. The Morris Plan Bank occupied the latter building at one time. Two doors from the Murchison Building is the structure, where Bulluck Hospital was located for a...
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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

South Third Street - 0 block; Market Street - 300 block
St. James, Episcopal Church, Churches, Y.M.C.A., Colonial Inn, Colonial Apartments, Third Street, Markert Street
The front of St. James Episcopal Church is shown at right. Across Market Street is the Colonial Apartments on the corner, next to the red brick Y.M.C.A. building. Oscar Pearsall (1849-1925), a wholesale grocer, owned the handsome three-story...
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North Front and Chestnut streets, looking north.
N. Front Street, Chestnut Street, Murchison Building, Feast of Pirates
At eleven stories, the Murchison-First Union Building is the tallest structure in Wilmington. Built 1913-1914, Wilmington native, Kenneth M. Murchison (1872-1938) of New York, was the architect for the Neoclassical Revival building, which...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Third and Market streets.
St. James Episcopal Church, Third Street, Market Street, Carolina Apartments, Colonial Apartments
St. James Episcopal Church is at the center, with the tower of the church's Great Hall and Carolina Apartments in the distance. At left is the Colonial Apartments with its mansard roof. The top of the red brick YMCA building can be seen next to the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Murchison Building
Murchison Building
At eleven stories, the Murchison-First Union Building is the tallest structure in Wilmington. Built 1913-1914, Wilmington native, Kenneth M. Murchison (1872-1938) of New York, was the architect for the Neoclassical Revival building, which...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Masonic Building, 1910
Masonic building, S.H. Kress, N. Front St.
Masonic Building, north Front Street, S.H. Kress 5 and 10 cent store on the left, ground floor of building, 1910, building erected in 1899
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

View from Chestnut Street, Showing Southern (Heyer) Building and Brownstone Post Office
Heyer Building, post offices, Chestnut Street, historic buildings
The Southern Building, originally located at 123-124 N. Front St.,was funded by entrepeneur Matthew J. Heyer (1854-1914). The architect of the building was Charles McMillen, and Porter & Godwin of Goldsboro the contractor. The building was made of...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

St. James Episcopal Church (Present)
churches, Episcopal churches, Wilmington
St. James Parish was established by the General Assembly of the Colony of Carolina in November, 1729. In 1741, the parish was divided, with St. James Parish on the East side of the Cape Fear River and St. Philip's on the West side. The construction...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

New Hanover High School - 1300 block Market Street.
New Hanover High School, Schools, Market Street
The massive yellow brick building was built 1920-1922 by W. J. Wilkins & Co.,Architects. The building formally replaced Wilmington High School, which was located in the Tileston School building at Fifth and Ann streets. In 1922, with an enrollment...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Military Parade at the intersection of Princess and North Third streets.
Parade, Princess Street, N. Third Street, Odd Fellows Building, City Hall, Thalian Hall
Military Parade at the intersection of Princess and North Third streets. Odd Fellows Building is shown at center with the City Hall on the right. The Odd Fellows Building, on the northwest corner of South Third and Princess streets, was built by...
Louis T. Moore Collection

View of New Hanover High School, Trinity Methodist Church and St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian Church from Pembroke Jones Park.
New Hanover High School, Schools, Trinity Methodist Church, Churches, St. Andrews- Covenant Presbyterian Church, Pembroke Jones Park, Market Street
Trinity Methodist Church was organized in August, 1889, as the Market Street Methodist Mission. The church met in Giblem Lodge at Eighth and Princess streets, but soon moved to a church at Ninth and Market streets. In 1920, the church hired Leslie...
Louis T. Moore Collection

James Walker Memorial Hospital - Front view.
James Walker Memorial Hospital, Hospitals
A contractor, James Walker was a native of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who came to Wilmington in 1857, after helping to construct one of the wings of the U. S. Capitol Building and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He built the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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