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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This divided back postcard features a group of fishermen posing with their daily catch atop the boat ""Bridgeport"" as they prepare to dock near the Oceanic Hotel at Wrightsville Beach.
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...