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    • Blanchard Farm Blueberries

    • Blanchard Farm Blueberries

    • North Carolina, farms, fruits, workers, fields

    • Brenda Boney, wearing a Winston cup series ball cap, is from Rose Hill. She packs blueberries at Billy Blanchard's farm on N.C. 11 in southern Duplin County. Several other people are seen in the background.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Workers repair damaged tracks

    • Workers repair damaged tracks

    • railroads, railroad, accidents

    • CSX Transportation workers replace some of the tracks after Monday night's derailment in Warsaw in Duplin County (N.C.). The train's freight cars were loaded with corn, which was on its way to Carroll Foods when the derailment occurred.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • William Rand Kenan House

    • William Rand Kenan House
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    • Built for William Rand Kenan (1845-1903), native of Duplin County, Confederate officer, commander of the Wilmington Light Infantry, collector of the port of Wilmington and wholesale merchant; and wife, Mary Hargrave (1842-1916), native of Orange...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Philander Pearsall House

    • Philander Pearsall House
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    • Queen Anne style house built on Sunset Hill for Philander Pearsall (1855-1937), native of Duplin County, wholesale grocer; and wife, Mary Moore Brown (1861-1952), native of West Virginia, civic leader. Purchased in 1944 by Elijah O. Hewlett...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Peterson & Rulfs Building

    • Peterson & Rulfs Building
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    • Neoclassical Revival style building constructed for Peterson & Rulfs Shoe Company. Williama Canover Peterson (1861-1940), native of Duplin County, and John Frederick Rulfs, Jr. (1869-1953), retired from their shoe business in 1929. Building...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Morris-Shepard Cottage

    • Morris-Shepard Cottage
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    • Cottage built for Rhetta Morris (1842-1910), midwife; and husband, Simon Morris (c. 1840-1882), carpenter and member of Love & Charity Benevolent Association. Purchased in 1927 by her daughter-in-law, Theresa Chrissie Topson (1865-1935), native of...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Woolvin House

    • Woolvin House
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    • Italianate style house built for Joel W. Woolvin (1830-1889), cabinet maker and undertaker, Confederate veteran; and wife, Mary Ann Pridgen (1827-1909), native of Duplin County. Purchased in 1919 by Clifton B. Vann (1881-1927), native of Columbus...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Shaw-Sellers House

    • Shaw-Sellers House
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    • Craftsman style house built for Addie M. and Henry B. Shaw, clerk with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Purchased in 1946 by Theodore Sellars (1902-1966), native of Duplin County, owner of Sellars & Greer, Inc., insurance and real estate; and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Robeson House

    • Robeson House
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    • Craftsman style bungalow built as rental property for Edward Wilkinson, telegraph operator for Western Union. Purchased in 1925 by Cad Alexander Robeson (1891-1965), native of Pender County, car inspector for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Windley House

    • Windley House
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    • Craftsman style bungalow built for John Jerome Windley (1875-1957), native of Beaufort County, auditor for Standard Cement Construction Co.; and wife, Lucille Fredrick (1881-1969), native of Duplin County. In 1968, purchased by Ashley Conner Mills...
    • Port City Architecture
    • John Bright Hill House

    • John Bright Hill House
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    • Tudor style house built for Col. Walker Taylor as wedding present for his daughter, Katherine Grandison Taylor (1901-1991); and finance, Col. John Bright Hill (1897-1984). A native of Warsaw, Duplin County, he was an attorney and veteran of World...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Capt. Joseph Price House

    • Capt. Joseph Price House
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    • Late Greek Revival style house built for Joseph W. Price (1835-1895), native of Duplin County; and wife, Lassie Jones (1846-1934). He served in the Pacific as a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service. During the Civil War he commanded the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Dr. Houston Moore

    • Dr. Houston Moore

    • Moore family, Gallagher family, physicians, Medicine, Wilmington, North Carolina Azalea Festival, Wilmington Housing Authority

    • Dr. William Houston Moore (1880-1948), was born in Duplin County, North Carolina. He married Miss Ida Galla(g?)her of Danville, Pa in 1911. He attended the University of North Carolina and received his M.D. from Jefferson College (1910). He was a...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. W. Houston Moore

    • Dr. W. Houston Moore

    • Moore family, physicians, Gallagher family, Medicine, Wilmington Housing Authority, New Hanover County Medical Society, North Carolina Azalea Festival

    • Dr. William Houston Moore (1880-1948), was born in Duplin County, North Carolina. He married Miss Ida Galla(g?)her of Danville, PA in 1911. He attended the University of North Carolina and received his M.D. from Jefferson College (1910). He was a...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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