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    • Fennell-Croom House

    • Fennell-Croom House
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    • Built by former Confederate Army Captain, Owen J. Fennell (1832-1910) as his residence. He was a local merchant and Justice of the Peace. Purchased by M.F. Croom in 1892 and remodeled. Remained in family until 1931.
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    • Harriss House

    • Harriss House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for Andrew Howell Harriss (1872-1956), physician and surgeon; and wife, Mary Bolles (1875-1967), native of Southport, NC. Dr. Harriss served in the Spanish American and First World Wars. Two-story porch added in...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Kidder House

    • Kidder House
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    • Shingle style house built as rental property for George W. Kidder (1844-1915), saw and planing mill owner; and wife, Florence Hill (1855-1917). Inherited by daughter, Florence Kidder Moore (1888-1971), wife of Louis T. Moore (1885-1961), secretary...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Larkins House

    • Larkins House
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    • Family residence of William Larkins (1829-1891), Wilmington native, wholesale grocer & liquor dealer, cashier of First National Bank, and rice planter. House sold in 1903 to Samuel Behrends, merchant and furniture store owner, in whose family it...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Mahler House

    • Mahler House
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    • Craftsman style two family dwelling built for Carl Peter Barthold Mahler (1874-1956), real estate and rental agent, and wife Meta Brunjes (1868-1957), during their ownership of the DeRosset property to the west. Natives of Germany, they lived here...
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    • McClellan Livery Building

    • McClellan Livery Building
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    • Commercial building constructed as rental property for the Hanover Trust Company. First used as stables by W.B. McClellan & Son. Other tenants included a variety of automobile dealerships, repair and upholstery; wholesale feeds and groceries; and...
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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...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Williams-Clark House

    • Williams-Clark House
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    • Rear section built by Hosea Williams (1816), cooper; enlarged and remodeled in the Italianate style c. 1891 by Eunice B. Moore (1843-1934). Her daughter, Miss Lucy, ran a floraculture business on the property. Purchased in 1906 by Haywood Clark...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Wooster House

    • Wooster House
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    • Greek Revival style house built by John Wooster (1791-1869), native of Connecticut, dry goods merchant with Wooster, Anderson and Company; and wife, Lucy A. Wright (1801-1864). Inherited by son, Capt. John L. Wooster (1831-1885), attorney,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • William H. Alderman House

    • William H. Alderman House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for William Harriss Alderman (1851-1932), bookkeeper; and wife, Alice Guess Larkins (1852-1905), on property given to them by her parents, William and Belinda Larkins. After Mrs. Aldermans death, the family retained the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Singletary House

    • Singletary House
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    • Italianate style house built for Sarah Robeson Singletary (1801-1874), native of Bladen County and widow of William Singletary. From 1867 to 1888 residence of her son Franklin Coddington Singletary (1839-1894), superintendent of Wilmington and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Smith-Gore House

    • Smith-Gore House
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    • Built for James C. Smith, (1830-1888) commission merchant as his residence. In 1853 he married Mary Ann Costin, daughter of Miles Costin. The property remained in family until 1890, when purchased by Daniel Lenox Gore and remained in family until...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Smith-Sternberger House

    • Smith-Sternberger House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for Joseph David Smith (1857-1935), secretary-treasurer of J.F. Garrell & Company, insurance; and wife Alice Garrell (b. 1864). Purchased in 1903 by Julius Sternberger (1871-1933), of Sternberger Brothers,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Taylor-Hall House

    • Taylor-Hall House
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    • Dutch Colonial style house built as rental property for Walker Taylor, Sr. (1864-1937), insurance agent; and wife Rosa Lilly Cumming (1873-1946). Residence of Louis E. Hall (1877-1952), secretary-treasurer Hall & Pearsall, wholesale grocers and...
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    • St. Thomas The Apostle Church

    • St. Thomas The Apostle Church
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    • 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
    • Hanby Cottage

    • Hanby Cottage
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    • Cottage built as rental property for Joseph Howard Hanby (1843-1905); and wife, Adrienne Kelly Wilson (1848-1913), who owned the house and store to the east. Purchased in 1962 by Maggie Williams McLean (1908-1999); and husband, William McLean...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Hanby House & Store

    • Hanby House & Store
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    • Italianate style house and grocery store built for Joseph H. Hanby (1843-1905), grocer, native of Virginia; and wife, Adrienne K. Wilson (1848-1913). One of the citys few remaining ""corner grocery store"" buildings, it served the neighborhood from...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Webb-Rankin House

    • Webb-Rankin House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for Walter G. Webb (1844-1919), bookeeper; and wife, Nora Grainger (1859-1939). Purchased in 1926 by Robert George Rankin (175-1955), salesman; and wife, Kate Harlow (1880-1965). Remained in family for...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Wooster House

    • Wooster House
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    • Greek Revival style house built by John Wooster (1791-1869), native of Connecticut, dry goods merchant with Wooster, Anderson, and Company; and wife, Lucy A. Wright (1801-1864). Inherited by son, Capt. John L. Wooster (1821-1885), attorney,...
    • Port City Architecture

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