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    • Forest Hills School

    • Forest Hills School
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    • Built to consolidate East Wilmington, Kirkland, Middle Sound and Masonboro schools. With rapid development of Forest Hills, it became the neighborhood school. The original one-story building contained seven classrooms, an auditorium and a library....
    • Port City Architecture
    • Captain John Harper House

    • Captain John Harper House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for Captain John W. Harper (1856-1917); and his bride, Ella C. Strupe (1878-1945). He was the owner of Wilmington and Southport Steamboat Company which operated the steamers Wilmington and Sylvan Grove. An...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Chadwick-Teague House

    • Chadwick-Teague House
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    • Craftsman style house, one of the first two residences in Sunset Park, built for David Nicholas Chadwick (1884-1962), secretary-treasurer of Fidelity Trust and Development Company, developer of Sunset Park; and wife, Ethel Hopkins (1885-1966). ...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Shore Acres House

    • Shore Acres House
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    • Mediterranean style house built as model home for Shore Acres Company, Roger Moore and Oliver T. Wallace, developers, Luther T. Rogers, contractor. From 1932 to 1969 owned by Roger Moore (1879-1968); and wife, Alice Borden (1881-1954). He was...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Audubon Trolley Station

    • Audubon Trolley Station
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    • Constructed to coincide with the development of the suburb Audubon, this is the only surviving passenger shelter of twenty stops on the electric trolley line between Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach. The line, owned and operated by the Tide Water...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Banks Channel, Airplane, Wrightsville Beach, Beaches

    • A small boat on Banks Channel and an early airplane above; also shows southern end of the beach. Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Burnt Mill Creek - Brookwood Park.

    • Burnt Mill Creek - Brookwood Park.

    • Burnt Mill Creek, Brookwood Park

    • During the Depression, W.P.A. workers clean up area around Burnt Mill Creek, near the suburb of Brookwood. The creek borders the western side of the suburb of Brookwood, which was an early development in Wilmington, just south of Market Street...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Cape Fear River - Steamer, Wilmington.

    • Cape Fear River - Steamer, Wilmington.

    • Cape Fear River, Steamer, Wilmington

    • The legendary steamer, Wilmington, was owned by John W. Harper (1856-1917), who was also her captain. Capt. Harper began taking passengers down the Cape Fear River from Wilmington to Southport about 1887. He owned two boats - the Passport and the...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach, Aerial, Water Tower

    • Aerial view from the water tower, looking northeast. Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt was made to settle the area in...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach, Aerial, Water Tower

    • Aerial photo, taken from the water tower looking east. Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt was made to settle the area in...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach - Street scene.

    • Carolina Beach - Street scene.

    • Carolina Beach, Bame's Hotel

    • Bame's Hotel, located on Cape Fear Boulevard at Carolina Beach. Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt was made to settle...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach, northern extension.

    • Carolina Beach, northern extension.

    • Carolina Beach, Beaches

    • Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt was made to settle the area in the early 1880s by Joseph Winner (1843-1902) and his...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach, NC, Henniker's Ditch.

    • Carolina Beach, NC, Henniker's Ditch.

    • Carolina Beach, Beaches, Henniker's Ditch

    • Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt was made to settle the area in the early 1880s by Joseph Winner (1843-1902) and his...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach, Boardwalk

    • People on the beach and in the surf - boardwalk is left. Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt was made to settle the area...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach, Boardwalk

    • Photograph of children playing a game of “Tap,” about 1929, taken from the boardwalk. Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach, Boardwalk

    • Construction in the boardwalk area was part of a W.P.A. project. Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt was made to settle...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach.

    • Carolina Beach, Boardwalk, Concessions

    • Main boardwalk area, including concessions. Early auto and delivery truck. Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt was made...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection

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