Queen Anne style house built as rental property for Elizabeth Hashagen Vollers (1840-1907), native of Blumenthal, Hannover, Germany; widow of Luhr Vollers (1833-1895), native of Spaden, Haannover, Germany and partner in Vollers & Hashagen,...
Named for William Wilkinson, Colonial merchant and part owner of a rum distillery, who was a constable and Justice of the Peace. During the Revolutionary War, he served as deputy chairman of the Wilmington-New Hanover County Committee of Safety. ...
Colonial Revival style house built for Annie Harrison Winstead (1880-1957), widow, Wilmington public school teacher for thirty-five years. Remained in family until 1974.
Gothic Revival style church built for Roman Catholic parish established January 1, 1845. Home church of The Rev. Thomas F. Price (1860-1919), co-founder of the Maryknoll Fathers, a missionary order, and James Gibbons (1834-1921), first Vicar...
Craftsman style house built for Mark H.P. Clark, dentist; and wife, Sallie W. (1868-1920). Purchased in 1933 by John Angelo Ponos (1891-1960), native of Turkey, proprietor of the New York Cleaners and Hatters; and wife, Anastasia Gardelis...
Serena Varnam, a senor at Cape Fear Community College, steers a boat on the dock on Water Street. Varnam, along with other students, were studying the possibility of putting landings along side water street.
Located at 100 South 3rd Street, (and Dock Streets), the home of Mary Bridgers (granddaughter of John Haywood, treasurer of North Carolina and descendant of Richard Eagles whom Eagles Island is named after) and widow of Preston L. Bridgers, son of...
After arriving in Wilmington late Sunday afternoon, the dozen runners from the HMS Bristol ham it up at Riverfront Park in the afternoon sun. The runners trekked from Mayport to the Port City to prelude the arrival of their ship which will dock in...
Cape Fear River, Sprunt Compress, Champion Compress, Cotton, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Warehouses
This divided back postcard features two illustrations which depict both the Sprunt Compress Warehouses and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Warehouses.
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Coast Guard, Cutters, Ships, Boats, Custom House, Federal Building
Taken around 1920, this b&w photograph shows the Coast Guard Cutters Modoc and McAdoo as they arrive at the government dock in front of the U. S. Custom House on North Water Street.