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    • Dr. Avant House & Office

    • Dr. Avant House & Office
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    • 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...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Yopp House

    • Yopp House
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    • Colonial Revival style house built for Walter E. Yopp (1860-1933), funeral director; and wife, Emma H. Donnelly (1872-1955). He was a Wilmington city alderman for fifteen years, a New Hanover County commissioner for twenty years and a trustee of...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Sternberger-Small House

    • Sternberger-Small House
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    • Craftsman style bungalow built by Solomon Sternberger (1870-1945), dry goods merchant, for son, Julius Earl "Jinx" Sternberger (1897-1966), World War I veteran, realtor, director of Carolina Savings & Loan; and wife, Sadibel Simon (1904-1983),...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Dr. A.M. Couch, Sr.

    • Dr. A.M. Couch, Sr.

    • Crouch family, McFales family, physicians, medicine

    • Dr. Auley McRae Crouch, Sr., received his M.D. from Jefferson College in 1916. He married Miss Muriel Lee Fales and together they had two sons, Auley McRae Crouch, Jr. and Walter Lee Crouch, whom also were Physicians. Notable achievements:...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Avon Hall Elliot

    • Dr. Avon Hall Elliot

    • Elliot family, Physicians, hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital

    • Dr. Avon Hall Elliot, (1890-), was born in Manchester, N.C., September 29th, 1890. His parents were Johnathan Evans and Alice Hall Elliot. He married Miss Myrtle Elaine Vandegrift. His brother, George Douglas Elliot, was also a Medical Doctor...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. James Buren Sidbury

    • Dr. James Buren Sidbury

    • Sidbury family, physicians, Babies Hospital, Dr. James Buren Sidbury

    • Dr. James Buren Sidbury, Jr., son of James Buren, Sr. and Willie Daniel Sidbury, was born January 13th, 1922, in Wilmington, North Carolina. His father James and sister, Rowena S. Hall Lenart, were also Physicians (Pediatrics). He married Ms....
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. J. B. Sidbury, Sr.?

    • Dr. J. B. Sidbury, Sr.?

    • Sidbury family, Daniel family, physicians, Pediatricians, Babies Hospital

    • Dr. James Buren Sidbury, Sr., (1886-7967), son of Verlinza and Fannie Willims Sidbury, was born March 2nd, 1886 in Holly Ridge, North Carolina. He married Miss Willie Daniel and they had a son, James Buren Sidbury, Jr. and daughter, Rowena Sidbury...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Bradley-Latimer Summer House

    • Bradley-Latimer Summer House
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    • Greek Revival style house built for Richard Bradley, Jr. (1811-1892), first commodore of the Carolina Yacht Club and partner in a Savannah lumber mill; and wife, Sarah Jane Williams (1815-1898). Purchased in 1855 by Zebulon Latimer (1810-1881),...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Michael Hooper House

    • Michael Hooper House
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    • House built for Michael Hooper (1830-1877), lamplighter and drayman; and wife, Julia A. (1841-1906). He was founder of Wilmington's Emancipation Day Celebration in 1874. The Structure was altered to Neoclassical Revival style in c. 1902 when...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Atkinson-Stevenson House

    • Atkinson-Stevenson House
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    • Italianate style house built for John Wilder Atkinson (1830-1910), native of Lunenburg County, VA, Confederate veteran, insurance agent and New Hanover County commissioner; and wife Eliza Bland Mayo (1832-1880). Enlarged when purchased in 1895 by...
    • Port City Architecture
    • NCRPC01868

    • NCRPC01868

    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company

    • Launching of the SS Abner Nash, hull 41, on November 15, 1942, at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, NC. The sponsor was Mrs. J. Lawrence Sprunt. Pictured left to right are Roger Williams, president of the North Carolina...
    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, 1941-1946
    • NCRPC0866

    • NCRPC0866

    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company

    • Launching of the U.S.S. Vinton on Aug. 25, 1944. It was the 138th ship completed by the NC Shipbuilding Company. Pictured left to right are W.S. McMahon, grandmother of sponsor, great grandmother of sponsor, sister of sponsor, sister of sponsor,...
    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, 1941-1946
    • NCRPC0852

    • NCRPC0852

    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company

    • Launching part of the S.S. Torrance on June 6, 1944. Pictured left to right are W.H. Blakeman, assistant director of the U.S. Maritime Commission; Mrs. Land; Mrs. DeKay; Admiral Jules James, United States Navy commandant of the VI Naval District;...
    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, 1941-1946
    • NCRPC01856

    • NCRPC01856

    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company

    • Launching party of the SS Jeremiah Van Rensselaer on June 7, 1942, at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, NC. Pictured as Miss Ages Morton, sponsor and grandaughter of Hugh MacRae, Director of North Carolina Shipbuilding Company;...
    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, 1941-1946

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