According to the 1860 Wilmington City Directory, Shaddrack M. West (ca. 1810-1871) was living in the house on North Third Street, between Princess and Chestnut streets. The large three-story Italinate dwelling was built ca. 1858. On July 10, 1914,...
private clubs, men's clubs, Front Street, Chestnut Street, Cape Fear Club
The Cape Fear Club, located at Front and Chestnut Streets, is the oldest gentlemen's club in the South. The previous building was home to James Dawson, a cotton-broker and banker. The house was sold to the Cape Fear Club in 1888 and torn down to...
social clubs, Wilmington, North Carolina, Cape Fear Club
Organized in 1852, the Cape Fear Club is reputed to be the oldest gentlemen's club in the South in continuous existence. The building, which was the James Dawson House located on the Northwest corner of Front and Chestnut Streets, was sold to the...
The Cape Fear Club is on the Southeast corner of Second and Chestnut streets and is the oldest gentlemen’s club in the South in continuous existence, having been organized in 1852 and reorganized after the Civil War in 1866.
N. Second Street, Post Office Park, Cap Fear Club, Chestnut Street
The photo was taken across Post Office Park and shows the northeast and southeast corners of north Second and Chestnut streets. The Cape Fear Club is in the center and across Chestnut Street is the home of Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood (1841-1892). Dr....
Frying Pan Power Boat Club cruises up river from Wilmington. The club was named after Frying Pan Shoals, which are located near the mouth of the Cape Fear River.
Cape Fear Country Club Golf Course. Note unusual elevated golf tee.
The Cape Fear Country Club was organized March 21, 1896. Its first clubhouse was at Hilton Park. In 1898, the clubhouse was moved to a new location beside the railroad tracks,...
The Cape Fear Country Club was organized March 21, 1896. Its first clubhouse was at Hilton Park. In 1898, the clubhouse was moved to a new location beside the railroad tracks, near the Fourth Street Bridge. In 1901, two hundred acres east of the...
View is from Post Office Park. The Dr. Thomas F. Wood House on corner of Second and Chestnut is seen at left. A corner of the American Legion Hut is at left.
The Cape Fear Club is on the southeast corner of second and Chestnut streets and is the...
Members of the Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club work contacting stations all over the country Saturday afternoon at the club's annual field day operations at the Battleship North Carolina gazebo. Members took turns while calling around the clock....
Men who used to be "boys" of the Boys Club on Vance St. from the years 1921-1923 in a group shot remembering their past at the club. This was at their monthly meeting, Monday, June 3 at 6 pm.
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Burke Haywood Bridgers (1881-1972), attorney; and wife, Helen Strange (1888-1953). At the time of death he was the oldest member of the Cape Fear Country Club where he designed the original 18 hole...
Another view of the Hanover Seaside Club (organized by German immigrants in 1898) at Carolina Beach. A couple of visitors stand on the 1st floor porch. In 1906 the club moved to Wrightsville Beach, N.C.