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W-28 Ocean Terrace Hotel, Wrightsville Beach, N.C. 3A251
Steel Pier
This divided back linen postcard features an illustration depicting the Ocean Terrace Hotel (formerly known as the Seashore Hotel) at Wrightsville Beach from the Steel Pier.
Postcard Collections

Flood After Rainfall, Trinity Methodist Church, New Hanover High School, Early 1920s
floods, New Hanover High School, churches, Trinity Methodist Church
Wilmington High School, located in the Tileston School building at Fifth and Ann streets, was formerly replaced by New Hanover High School when the first classs graduated in 1922. With an enrollment of 840 students it was the largest high school in...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Another View of Wilmington High School
high schools, Wilmington, Tileston School, Hemenway family
Formerly the Tileston School-served as the city's school until 1921 when New Hanover High School opened
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Oceanic Hotel
resorts, North Carolina, Banks Channel, hotels, Wrightsville Beach
The Oceanic Hotel at Wrightsville Beach, N.C. was formerly the Tarrymore Hotel. When it was sold and renamed the Oceanic, the existing building was enlarged, and a four-story tower was added. It was one of the social centers of the beach. The...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Old Hotel at Hammocks and Oceanic Hotel
hotels, Oceanic, Island Beach Hotel, Hammocks, Harbor Island
This page from a scrapbook features images of the Oceanic Hotel and the Island Beach Hotel. Formerly the Hotel Tarrymoore, the hotel initially opened in 1905 and was renamed the Oceanic in 1911. Located on the Hammocks (later known as Harbor...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Sunset Park- Suburb to the south of the City of Wilmington
Sunset Park, Suburbs
One of Wilmington's earliest suburbs was Sunset Park, developed beginning in 1912, by Thomas Franklin Boyd, formerly of Hamlet, NC. The six hundred acre residential area, west of what is now the Carolina Beach Road, contained wide boulevards and...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Bellevue Cemetery.
Bellevue Cemetery, Cemeteries, Graves
The cemetery, incorporated in 1872, is located on Princess Place Drive (formerly the Old New Bern Road), west of Burnt Mill Creek, and contains about fifteen acres. The date of the first burial is unknown, but by April of 1878, there appears...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Freight Office - 501 Nutt Street.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Freight Office, Nutt Street, Wilmington Railroad Museum
The freight office of the ACL Railroad dates from about 1900 and is located on Nutt Street, near the Cape Fear River. (Formerly the Wilmington Railroad Museum). The warehouse at left (519 Nutt Street) dates from the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad...
Louis T. Moore Collection

New Hanover High School - 1300 block Market Street.
New Hanover High School, Schools, Market Street
The massive yellow brick building was built 1920-1922 by W. J. Wilkins & Co.,Architects. The building formally replaced Wilmington High School, which was located in the Tileston School building at Fifth and Ann streets. In 1922, with an enrollment...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Southport, NC - Brunswick County, NC.
Smithville, Southport, Brunswick County, Brunswick Hotel, Quarantine Service Station
Incorporated in 1805, the Town of Southport was formerly known as Smithville, and was named for General Benjamin Smith (1751-1826). The name was changed in 1889, because it was the most southerly seaport in North Carolina. It became the county seat...
Louis T. Moore Collection

New Hanover High School
New Hanover High School, Schools, Market Street
1300 block, Market Street, built 1920-1922, W. J. Wilkins, Architect. Wilmington High School, located in the Tileston School building at Fifth and Ann streets, was formerly replaced by New Hanover High School when the first classs graduated in...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Students pose in front of New Hanover High School, with Trinity Methodist Church in the background.
New Hanover High School, Schools, Market Street, Trinity Methodist Church, Churches
1300 block, Market Street, built 1920-1922, W. J. Wilkins, Architect. Wilmington High School, located in the Tileston School building at Fifth and Ann streets, was formerly replaced by New Hanover High School when the first classs graduated in...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Students pose in front of New Hanover High School, with Trinity Methodist Church in the background.
New Hanover High School, Schools, Market Street, Trinity Methodist Church, Churches
1300 block, Market Street, built 1920-1922, W. J. Wilkins, Architect. Wilmington High School, located in the Tileston School building at Fifth and Ann streets, was formerly replaced by New Hanover High School when the first classs graduated in...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Municipal Golf Course - Pine Grove Drive.
Municipal Golf Course, Pine Grove Drive, Winter Park
In 1925, the Wilmington City Council acknowledged the growing popularity of golf and the need for a public golf course in the area. They hired distinguished golf architect, Donald Ross, to design links at Winter Park on land formerly owned by Hugh...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Horse trough at the intersection of Fourteenth and Market streets.
Fourteenth Street, Market Street, Horse Trough
A horse, hitched to a cart, drinks from a horse trough, with New Hanover High School in the background. The steps of Trinity Methodist Church are visible at right. Wilmington High School, located in the Tileston School building at Fifth and Ann...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Depression Era
Great Depression
Notation on back of photo: "Vacant city land helps to reduce the relief load. This area formerly dedicated to weeds now produces food for a family 'on relief.'"
Louis T. Moore Collection

South Front and Orange streets, looking north.
S. Front Street, Orange Street
At left, on the corner of South Front and Orange Streets is the Stemmerman Building, formerly owned by Claus Stemmerman (1825-1892), a native of Beverstedt, Hannover, Germany. He operated a grocery store on this corner from 1860 until his death in...
Louis T. Moore Collection

New Hanover High School - Market Street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets.
Thireenth Street, Fourteenth Street, Market Street, New Hanover High School, Schools
Aerial view, just after construction in 1922. Wilmington High School, located in the Tileston School building at Fifth and Ann streets, was formerly replaced by New Hanover High School when the first classs graduated in 1922. With an enrollment of...
Louis T. Moore Collection

New Hanover High School - Thirteenth and Market streets.
New Hanover High School, Schools, Thirteenth Street, Market Street
View is from Fourteenth Street, looking northwest. Wilmington High School, located in the Tileston School building at Fifth and Ann streets, was formerly replaced by New Hanover High School when the first classs graduated in 1922. With an...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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