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    • Captain John Harper House

    • Captain John Harper House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for Captain John W. Harper (1856-1917); and his bride, Ella C. Strupe (1878-1945). He was the owner of Wilmington and Southport Steamboat Company which operated the steamers Wilmington and Sylvan Grove. An...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Mitchell-Anderson House

    • Mitchell-Anderson House
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    • Oldest surviving structure in Wilmington, Georgian style house built for Edward Mitchell (c. 1744), native of Charleston, SC, carpenter and planter. Purchased in 1828 by Thomas F. Davis (1778-1846), clerk of New Hanover County Court. Inherited in...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Joseph Loughlin House

    • Joseph Loughlin House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for Joseph J. Loughlin (1881-1918); and wife, Eleanor King (1885-1941). He was Secretary/Treasurer of New Hanover Transit Company, a primary developer of Carolina Beach. An infantry captain, he was killed in France...
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    • Loughlin Cottage

    • Loughlin Cottage
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    • Craftsman style bungalow built for Joseph J. Loughlin (1881-1918); and wife, Eleanor King (1885-1941), native of Philadelphia. He was secretary-treasurer and general manager of the New Hanover Transit Company, a primary developer of Carolina Beach....
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    • Mosley House

    • Mosley House
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    • Some interior framing and architectural features survive from early structure built for William Mosley (1812-1895), businessman; and wife, Margaret Mills (1824-1870s). Enlarged and altered in Queen Anne style when inherited by Levi McKoy Mosley...
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    • New Hanover High School

    • New Hanover High School
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    • Newclassical Revival style school opened in 1922 with an enrollment of 840 students, the largest in North Carolina. Leslie N. Boney, architect, designed the wings, 1930; the Princess Street gymnasium, 1940; and Brogden Hall, 1954. Notable students...
    • Port City Architecture
    • McClellan Livery Building

    • McClellan Livery Building
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    • 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...
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    • 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
    • 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
    • Meares Harriss House

    • Meares Harriss House
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    • Prairie style house built for Meares Harriss, Sr. (1884-1941); and wife, Fanny Hines Johnson (1878-1931). He was owner of Harriss Typewriting & Advertising Co., real estate broker and charter member of the Wilmington Rotary Club. Second wife, Laura...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Louis T. Moore House

    • Louis T. Moore House
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    • Shingle style house built by the heirs of Edward Kidder (1805-1885), for daughter, Annie P. Kidder (1851-1927). Purchased in 1928 by Louis Toomer Moore (1885-1961); and wife, Florence Hill Kidder (1888-1971). He was executive secretary of the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Woodbury-Hoggard House

    • Woodbury-Hoggard House
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    • Italianate style house built for Daniel Phineas Woodbury (1812-1864), native of New Hampshire, US Army engineer, and Union Major General. Purchased in 1919 by John Thomas Hoggard (1876-1965); and wife, Virginia Hawes (1887-1967). He was a...
    • Port City Architecture
    • John C. Wessell House

    • John C. Wessell House
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    • Prairie style house built for John Charles Wessell (1877-1960), physician and surgeon; and wife, Isabelle Struthers (1883-1962), native of Columbus County. The New Hanover County tuberculosis hospital was named in his honor for his long service in...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Bagg House

    • Bagg House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for Horace Alexander Bagg (1825-1910), native of Gilbertsville, NY; and wife, Julia E. Robitsch (1838-1885), native of Long Creek, Pender County, NC. He was a naval stores inspector and served as city treasurer and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Burgwin-Wright House

    • Burgwin-Wright House
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    • Georgian style house built on foundation of abandoned jail for John Burgwin (1731-1803), merchant and lawyer, Clerk of Court in Bladen and New Hanover counties, Clerk of NC Provincial Assembly, Secretary to Royal Governor Dobbs and Treasurer of...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Bridgers-Fulenwider House

    • Bridgers-Fulenwider House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for Burke Haywood Bridgers (1881-1972), attorney; and wife, Helen Strange (1888-1953). At the time of death he was the oldest member of the Cape Fear Country Club where he designed the original 18 hole...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Yopp House

    • Yopp House
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    • Colonial Revival style house built for Walter E. Yopp (1860-1933), funeral director; and wife, Emma H. Donnelly (1872-1955). He was a Wilmington city alderman for fifteen years, a New Hanover County commissioner for twenty years and a trustee of...
    • Port City Architecture
    • McCaig House

    • McCaig House
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    • Prairie style house built for William Dougal McCaig (1873-1951), native of Shamokin, PA, vice-president of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Henrie Walker (1883-1935), native of Brunswick county. Purchased in 1951 by John Charles Wessell,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • W. Houston Moore House

    • W. Houston Moore House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for William Houston Moore (1880-1948), native of Warsaw, NC, physician; and wife, Ida Gallagher (1911-1960), native of Danville, PA. He was a member of the New Hanover Medical Society and the first chairman...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Wilkinson Alley

    • Wilkinson Alley
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    • 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. ...
    • Port City Architecture

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