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    • Evans-Mercer-Tusch House

    • Evans-Mercer-Tusch House
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    • Originally a one-story cottage built for Henry C. Evans (1832-1896), native of Brunswick County. Enlarged to two-stories in 1906 by nephew, John Bascom Mercer (1855-1913), of the shoe firm Mercer & Evans; and wife, May Lilly (1869-1935), native of...
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    • Evans-Moore House

    • Evans-Moore House
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    • Queen Anne style house built as rental property for Allen E. Evans (1833-1882), grocer, barber and leader of the Rose Bud Brass Band; and wife, Charlotte Jackson (1838-1888). Purchased and remodeled in 1918 by E. Clayton Moore (1877-1940), native...
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    • Gilchrist House

    • Gilchrist House
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    • Queen Anne style house built by E. William Gilchrist (1850-1928) native of Richmond County, NC, commission merchant and a founder of Acme Manufacturing Co. Interior Colonial Revival alterations were made in 1913 after plans drawn by Alex Morton...
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    • High House

    • High House
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    • Bungalow built as wedding gift by Asa Haynes High for son Daniel Pinckney High (1886-1926), native of Columbus County, N C, dentist; and wife, Janet Poag (1883-1971), native of Lancaster, SC. House remained in family until 1986.
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    • Peyton Hoge House

    • Peyton Hoge House
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    • Queen Anne style house built according to the drawings prepared by first owner, the Rev. Peyton Harrison Hoge (1858-1940), native of Hampden-Sydney, VA and minister of First Presbyterian Church (1885-1899); and wife, Mary Stuart Holladay...
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    • Humphreys-Cooper House

    • Humphreys-Cooper House
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    • Shingled cottage built for Charles Raymond Humphreys (1881-1929), civil engineer; and wife, Lilian Miller Kenly (1890-1979), natives of Maryland. Purchased in 1929 by Oscar Fleet Cooper (1878-1948), advertising agent for Atlantic Coast Line...
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    • Jarman House

    • Jarman House
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    • Craftsman style house built for John Franklin Jarman (1876-1939), native of Onslow County, druggist and proprietor of Jarmans Pharmacy; and wife, Sallie Ennett (1877-1976).
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    • Gore Building

    • Gore Building
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    • Commercial structure built as rental property for Daniel Lennox Gore (1847-1925), native of Columbus County, Confederate veteran, and real estate investor. The first tenant, Pickard-Bleecker Automobile Company, sold and serviced Chalmers motor...
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    • Mitchell-Anderson House

    • Mitchell-Anderson House
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    • Oldest surviving structure in Wilmington, Georgian style house built for Edward Mitchell (c. 1744), native of Charleston, SC, carpenter and planter. Purchased in 1828 by Thomas F. Davis (1778-1846), clerk of New Hanover County Court. Inherited in...
    • Port City Architecture
    • McRae-Willard House

    • McRae-Willard House
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    • Italianate Cubical Cottage, in the Tuscan Style, built for Duncan K. MacRae (1820-1888), native of Fayetteville, lawyer, politician, foreign diplomat, orator and Confederate Colonel. Purchased in 1866 by Albert A. Willard (1828-1902), native of MA,...
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    • David Reid Murchison House

    • David Reid Murchison House
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    • Second Empire style house built for David Reid Murchison (1837-1882), native of Cumberland County, commission merchant, first President of the Produce Exchange; and wife, Lucy Wooster Wright (1850-1913). Donated in 1953 by daughter, Lucille...
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    • William Rand Kenan House

    • William Rand Kenan House
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    • Built for William Rand Kenan (1845-1903), native of Duplin County, Confederate officer, commander of the Wilmington Light Infantry, collector of the port of Wilmington and wholesale merchant; and wife, Mary Hargrave (1842-1916), native of Orange...
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    • King-Houston House

    • King-Houston House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for Joseph T. King (1871-1920), native of Bladen County and freight agent for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Hattie Mahn (1873-1940). Purchased in 1913 by Benjamin Heriot Houston (1854-1926), clerk for...
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    • King-Williams House

    • King-Williams House
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    • Bungalow built by Tide Water Power Company for F. Lacy King (1889-1947), Vice President-Operations for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife Lillian Taylor (1890-1990), native of Virginia. Purchased in 1944 by John Cleon Williams, co-founder and...
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    • John D. Bellamy Building

    • John D. Bellamy Building
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    • Commercial building constructed as rental property for John D. Bellamy, Jr. (1854-1942), attorney and U.S. congressman; and wife, Emma May Hargrove (1857-1944), native of Hibernia Plantation, Granville County, NC. Remained in family for forty-five...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Mosley House

    • Mosley House
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    • Some interior framing and architectural features survive from early structure built for William Mosley (1812-1895), businessman; and wife, Margaret Mills (1824-1870s). Enlarged and altered in Queen Anne style when inherited by Levi McKoy Mosley...
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    • McClammy-Powell House

    • McClammy-Powell House
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    • 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),...
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    • New Hanover County Courthouse

    • New Hanover County Courthouse
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    • Queen Anne style courthouse built as seat of government for New Hanover County at a cost of $72,000. Cornerstone laid on April 20, 1891. Superior Court first met here on April 17, 1893. Renovation begun in 1986; rededicated 1988.
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    • Oldham-Allison Building

    • Oldham-Allison Building
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    • Mission Revival style building constructed as a grist mill for Captain William P. Oldham (1836-1918), native of Orange County, NC, and Confederate officer. Occupied variously by a stable, ice and cold storage company, and welding and auto repair...
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    • Old Jail

    • Old Jail
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    • Walls and framing survive from early county jail (1785-1854). Occupied variously as blacksmith, cabinet and carriage shops (1881-1906). Converted to commercial and professional building in 1906, Henry E. Bonitz, architect. Additional facade...
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