New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Giblem Lodge
Wilmingtons first black Masonic lodge, founded in 1866. Built in late Greek Revival style by members of Giblem Lodge No. 2, Free and Accepted Prince Hall Masons. Served black community as cultural center, city market, and library. In 1875, site...
Port City Architecture

Masonic Hall
Third building constructed to house St.. Johns Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M. Until 1899 third floor used by several masonic lodges. Receptions held here for Henry Clay (1844), Daniel Webster (1847), and President James K. Polk (1849). Public Hall on...
Port City Architecture

Tileston School
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

St. Thomas The Apostle Church
Gothic Revival style church built for second oldest Catholic parish in NC. Home church of Thomas F. Price (1860-1919), co-founder of Maryknoll Fathers. James Gibbons (1834-1921), first Vicar Apostolic of NC, began writing the book The Faith of Our...
Port City Architecture

Consolidated Market and Fire Engine House N. 3
Queen Anne style building erected to replace old North Fourth Street farmers market and fire house. Market operated here until 1917. In 1977 fire department moved to Princess Place Drive. Wilmington Boxing Center, under the management of...
Port City Architecture

City Hall - Thalian Hall
Italianate and Classical Revival style city hall and theater built for the citizens of Wilmington, the largest town in North Carolina at the time. One of the nations few surviving antebellum buildings constructed to serve as both governmental and...
Port City Architecture

St. Stephen A.M.E. Church
Late Gothic Revival style church built for African Methodist Episcopal congregation organized in 1865. Contractor and church member Lewis Hollingsworth designed the building. Other congregants worked as master carpenters and masons. Notable...
Port City Architecture

U.S. Post Office & Federal Building
Construction of the Colonial Revival style federal building provided employment during the Great Depression. W.P.A. artist, William F. Pfohl, painted the mural inside the lobby and W.P.A. sculptor, Thomas Lo Medico, created the eight bas reliefs...
Port City Architecture

Tileston School
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

St. Thomas The Apostle Church
Gothic Revival style church built for Roman Catholic parish established January 1, 1845. Home church of The Rev. Thomas F. Price (1860-1919), co-founder of the Maryknoll Fathers, a missionary order, and James Gibbons (1834-1921), first Vicar...
Port City Architecture

New Hanover County Airport Traffic Controllers
Air Traffic Control, Airports, New Hanover County
Air Traffic Controllers Ed King (right), Bill Farabee (left), and Glenn Ray (center) at work in tower of New Hanover County Airport Tuesday afternoon.
Star-News Image Archive

Ann Street, 400 block - Intersection with South Fifth Street.
Ann Street, S. Fifth Street, St. Mary's Cathedral, Tileston School, Churches, Schools
Students in costume are in school yard, before the front wings of the school were added. St. Mary's Catholic Pro-Cathedral is in the background. The original school building in the middle of the block was constructed in 1871-1872 with funds from...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - North Front and Red Cross streets.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, N. Front Street, Red Cross Street
The General Offices and terminal of the railroad were in the 400-500 blocks of North Front Street. Taken from the intersection of Front and Red Cross, the photo documents Union Station. The concourse and clock tower are at center. Since the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Bath, NC - Marker.
Bath, Beaufort County
Located in Beaufort County, Bath is North Carolina’s oldest incorporated town (1705). Braxton-Burbage House is on left. At center is Bath High School, with the 1751 Palmer-Marsh House on the right.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Greetings from Newell's Shopping Center, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
Newell's
This postcard features a photograph which captures two children playing in the surf at Wrightsville Beach.
Postcard Collections

Children in Class at Recreation Center
Bible school, African American, Christian activities, New Hanover County, North Carolina, boys and girls, drawing, ping pong table, bumper pool
Evangelist, Amy James, leads a group of children in drawing lessons during Bible study in the afternoon at the Vesta Village recreation center in Wilmington. She leads weekly Bible studies for about 20 children in the complex just off the 1800...
Star-News Image Archive

Cape Fear River - Up river from Wilmington.
Cape Fear River, Boats
One large boat and several small boats on either the Northeast or Northwest Rivers, north of Wilmington. It appears to be some sort of excursion or outing; note the number of men on the river's bank (center).
Louis T. Moore Collection

Cape Fear River - Eagles Island.
Cape Fear River, Eagles Island
A freighter passes Eagles Island. Eagles Island is located on the west bank of the Cape Fear River, directly opposite downtown Wilmington. The seven mile long island was named for Richard Eagles, a native of Bristol, England, who was granted a...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Cape Fear River at Wilmington - Looking northwest from foot of Ann Street.
Cape Fear River, Eagles Island,
Eagles Island on the left and city wharves on right. The Native Americans called the river, "Sapona," which is formed by the junction of the Haw and Deep Rivers in Chatham County, NC, and flows southeasterly toward the Atlantic Ocean and the Cape...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Cape Fear River.
Cape Fear River, Eagles Island, Point Peter, Steamer
A steamer is in the river in front of Eagles Island. Point Peter is in the background. The Native Americans called the river, "Sapona," which is formed by the junction of the Haw and Deep Rivers in Chatham County, NC, and flows southeasterly...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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