This congregation, organized in 1869, was the first Episcopal Church consecrated by Bishop Atkinson for colored people in North Carolina, on June 18, 1875. The cornerstone was laid on March 23, 1871, and the edifice was completed under the...
Pictured left to right are the honorable Carl T. Durham, of the 6th N.C. District; unknown person; Mrs. W.H. Ward; Miss Betsy Thompson; W.S. McMahon and Mrs. Carl T. Durham, sponsor.
Greek Revival style house built for Armand John deRosset (1808-1897), physician and merchant; and wife, Eliza Jane Lord (1812-1876). They added the northeast wing in 1854 and the Italianate cornice and conservatory in 1874. Purchased in 1882 by...
Craftsman style two family dwelling built for Carl Peter Barthold Mahler (1874-1956), real estate and rental agent, and wife Meta Brunjes (1868-1957), during their ownership of the DeRosset property to the west. Natives of Germany, they lived here...
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Richard Price McClammy (1874-1955), editor and publisher of The Evening Dispatch; and wife, Janie L. Bryan (1876-1918). Purchased in 1948 by Pender County natives, Carl Flay Powell, Sr. (1906-1990),...
Built as real estate office by Carl Peter Barthold Mahler (1874-1956), realtor, builder. Rented after c.1917 to a succession of small businesses. Mahler and wife. Meta Brunjes (1868-1957), natives of Hannover, Germany, lived in the deRosset house...
Colonial Revival style house and office built for Frank W. Avant (1876-1973), physician, native of Southport; and wife, Florence L. Nichols (1887-1962), native of Newark, NJ. He was a founder of Community Hospital, president of the New Hanover...
This congregation, organized in 1869, was the first Episcopal Church consecrated by Bishop Atkinson for colored people in North Carolina, on June 18, 1875. The cornerstone was laid on March 23, 1871, and the edifice was completed under the...
This postcard booklet features 20 illustrates scenes from around Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach. Among the sites included are the Courhouse, Old Post Office, Steamer Wilmington, Atlantic Coastline Depot and the Oceanic Hotel.
This divided back postcard features an illustration of the Lumina Pavilion at Wrightsville Beach. Similar to PCWB185, this image has the sign ""Lumina"" on top of the building.
This divided back postcard features a handcolored photograph which captures a group of people posing around a captured porpoise in front of Lumina Pavilion at Wrightsville Beach.
This divided back postcard features a handcolored photograph which captures beachgoers surf bathing and relazing along a pier at the Lumina Pavilion at Wrightsville Beach.