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    • Hart Carriage House

    • Hart Carriage House
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    • OUTBUILDING FOR LEVI A. HART (1809-1882) HOUSE AT NE CORNER OF S. 3RD STREET AND COTTAGE LANE. HART WAS A NATIVE OF CONNECTICUT AND PARTNER IN HART & BAILY IRON WORKS. IN 1965, THE DEPENDENCY WAS AQUIRED BY 1ST PESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND IN 1966...
    • Port City Architecture
    • William B. McKoy House

    • William B. McKoy House
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    • Stick style house built as a residence for W.B. McKoy, (1852-1928), attorney and Past Grand Master of Masons of NC; and wife, Katherine Bacon (1858-1949). Home of daughter Elizabeth Francenia McKoy, (1887-1984), local historian, researcher, and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • M. F. Croom Co.

    • M. F. Croom Co.

    • receipt, M. F. Croom Co., Croom, wine, liquor, tobacco, Water Street,

    • A receipted bill for M. F. Croom Co. - "Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, &c." "North Carolina Whiskies and Brandies a Specialty."
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Adrian House

    • Adrian House
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    • Alrich Adrian (1834-1897); and wife, Christine Fraas (1850-1937), natives of Germany, built the Tuscan Villa style house in 1875. Adrian was a city alderman and co-owner of Adrian & Vollers, wholesale grocery. The Z.W. Whitehead family owned the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • William Hooper School

    • William Hooper School
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    • Classical Revival style elementary school constructed to educate the children of Southside Wilmington. Eliza Meares (1864-1926), served as the first principal from 1914 to 1925. Used as a school until 1984. Converted to apartments for the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • McRae-Willard House

    • McRae-Willard House
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    • Italianate Cubical Cottage, in the Tuscan Style, built for Duncan K. MacRae (1820-1888), native of Fayetteville, lawyer, politician, foreign diplomat, orator and Confederate Colonel. Purchased in 1866 by Albert A. Willard (1828-1902), native of MA,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Bellamy Mansion

    • Bellamy Mansion
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    • Classical style house built by slaves and free black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896), physician, planter, and business leader; and wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907). After the fall of Fort Fisher, in 1865, commandeered as...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Henry Latimer House

    • Henry Latimer House
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    • Italianate style dwelling built for Henry G. Latimer (1845-1929); and wife, Carrie. Mr. Latimer was a merchant and co-founder of Acme Manufacturing Company. House owned by Mary Hargrave Kenan (1842-1916) and heirs from 1903-1935.
    • Port City Architecture
    • New Hanover County Courthouse

    • New Hanover County Courthouse
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    • Queen Anne style courthouse built as seat of government for New Hanover County at a cost of $72,000. Cornerstone laid on April 20, 1891. Superior Court first met here on April 17, 1893. Renovation begun in 1986; rededicated 1988.
    • Port City Architecture
    • Frederick Pearsall House

    • Frederick Pearsall House
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    • Colonial Revival style house built for Frederick Leon Pearsall (1875-1845), officer and co-owner of Pearsall and Company, fertilizer manufacturers; and wife, Mary Christian McArtan (1877-1953), native of Cumberland County, NC. Frederick was an...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Bowden House

    • Bowden House
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    • Family Residence of Lemuel Hanry Bowden (1825-1891), native of New Hanover County, lumber inspector and city alderman. Title was transferred (1888) to his daughter Julia Bowden (1859-1944), who married B. Frank Boykin, stockbroker. She continued to...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Salvation Army Building

    • Salvation Army Building
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    • The Wilmington chapter of the Salvation Army was organized in 1887. After operating in various locations, this Mediterranean style building was the first to be constructed for the organization at a cost of $30,000. The cornerstone was laid April...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Wilder-Bulluck House

    • Wilder-Bulluck House
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    • Italianate style house built for Lieut. Jesse Wilder (1834-1914), native of Onslow County, turpentine manufacturer (naval stores merchant) and Confederate veteran; and wife Fannie D. Ellis (1842-1882). In 1897, purchased by David W. Bulluck...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Williams-Holladay House

    • Williams-Holladay House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for George W. Williams (1834-1899) as residence for his daughter, Maggie M. Holladay (1865-1899). Her husband William W. Holladay (1865-1940), native of Richmond, VA, designed the elevations of the house. Mrs. Holladay...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Yopp-Costello Building

    • Yopp-Costello Building
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    • Commercial building constructed as part of a Neoclassical Revival style complex with adjoining properties at 213 and 215 Princess Street. Purchased in 1906 by Walter E. Yopp (1860-1933); and wife, Emma Donnelly (1872-1955), who operated a funeral...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Brockett-Barker-Bell House

    • Brockett-Barker-Bell House
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    • Cottage built for James F. Brockett, grocer and watchmaker; and wife, Elizabeth Cruse. E. Gerry Barker, shipbroker, enlarged and remodeled the house in Queen Anne style, c. 1888. Owned by Charles F. Bell family from 1897 to 1982.
    • Port City Architecture
    • City Hall - Thalian Hall

    • City Hall - Thalian Hall
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    • Italianate and Classical Revival style city hall and theater built for the citizens of Wilmington, the largest town in North Carolina at the time. One of the nations few surviving antebellum buildings constructed to serve as both governmental and...
    • Port City Architecture

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