New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Dr. Charles Harper, Builder of Harper's Sanatorium, Front and Castle St. and Nephew, Captain John Harper of Steamer Wilmington
Harper Family, Sanatorums, Steamer Companies, Wilmington
Dr. Charles T. Harper (1873-1915) was born August 10, 1873, son of Jessie Glenora Zimmerman of Baltimore (b.1875, d. 1974). He received his M.D. from The University of Maryland in 1894. He was in private practice from 1894-1915. He opened Harper's...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Harper-Newbold House
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Captain James Thomas Harper (1843-1915), steam tug operator, co-founder of Boney & Harper Milling Company and proprietor of Wilmington Steam Laundry; and wife, Annie Sophie Drew (1844-1913). House was a...
Port City Architecture

Harper-Newbold House
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Captain James Thomas Harper (1843-1915), steam tug operator, co-founder of Boney & Harper Milling Company and proprietor of Wilmington Steam Laundry; and wife, Anne Sophie Drew (1844-1913). House was a...
Port City Architecture

Wessel-Harper House
Built by Jacob Wessel (1814-1887). Later owned by Captain James Thomas Harper, 1895. Inherited by son, Charles T. Harper, M.D (1904-1913), also his daughter Mary Harper Darby (1913-1957). Preserved by the Housing Authority of the City of Wilmington...
Port City Architecture

Cassidey-Harper House
Built as family residence by James Cassidey (1792-1866), native of Salisbury, MA, who with his sons operated an extensive shipyard and marine railway at river below house. Confederate ironclad RALEIGH was constructed there. His daughter, Anne E....
Port City Architecture

Harper's Sanatorium
private hospitals, sanatoriums, Dr. Charles Harper, Front St., Castle St.
Located on the NE corner of Front and Castle Streets, built by Dr. Charles Harper, 1910, operated until 1916
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Cape Fear River - Steamer, Wilmington.
Cape Fear River, Steamer, Wilmington
The legendary steamer, Wilmington, was owned by John W. Harper (1856-1917), who was also her captain. Capt. Harper began taking passengers down the Cape Fear River from Wilmington to Southport about 1887. He owned two boats - the Passport and the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Captain John Harper House
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

Harper-Hundley House
Queen Anne style house built as investment property for John Allan Taylor (1862-1957), wholesale grocer. Purchased in 1905 by Capt. James Thomas Harper (1843-1915), operator of a tow boat business between Wilmington and Southport and part-owner of...
Port City Architecture

Captain John W. Harper, (1856-1917)
Captains, steamboats, "Wilmington" steamboat
Portrait of Captain John Walker Harper (1856-1917), who was the captain of the steamboat "Wilmington"
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Steamer Wilmington
Steamer Wilmington, steamer, riverboat, Cape Fear River, Capt. John Harper
This image, most likely taken from a postcard, captures the Steamer Wilmington built 1881. Capt. John Harper, Pride of Wilmington Excursions Sunday School, every summer.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Carolina Beach Boardwalk (1)
utility poles, boardwalks, beaches, Carolina Beach
Bob Lambertz, left, and Robert Fox pull on a line as Harold Hilton operates a tractor to pull up an old utility pole at the Carolina Beach Boardwalk at Harper Ave. The men work for the town of Carolina Beach and were removing the pole because it is...
Star-News Image Archive

Fox-Holden House
Cottage owned by George A. Fox (b. 1830), native of Pennsylvania, Wilmington & Weldon Railroad engineer; and wife, Julia A. (b. 1841), native of South Carolina. Purchased in 1881 by Sylvanus Holden (d. 1894), carpenter; and wife, Ann Maria Harper...
Port City Architecture

Ferry and Naval Stores, Wilmington.
Cape Fear River, Ferry, Boats, Eagles Island
This illustration depicts a ferry transporting a horsedrawn carriage across the Cape Fear River towards Eagles Island.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Carolina Beach Pavilion
trains, railroads, beaches, tourists, visitors
A marsh view of the Carolina Beach Pavilion, showing railroad track and visitors on the porch. Three American flags fly from the rooftop. The building built by Captain John W. Harper in 1887 burned down on December 8, 1910.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Carolina Beach.
Carolina Beach, Hotel Royal Palm, Fountain's Rooms and Apartments, Hotels
People pose on the front porch of the Royal Palm Hotel. Fountain's Rooms and Apartments are next door to the right. Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Carolina Beach - Street scene.
Hotel Royal Palm, Fountain's Rooms and Apartments, Carolina Beach
Hotel Royal Palm is in the center. Next door to right, is Fountain's Rooms and Apartments. Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Carolina Beach - Street scene.
Carolina Beach, Hotel Royal Palm
Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt was made to settle the area in the early 1880s by Joseph Winner (1843-1902) and his...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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