A contractor, James Walker was a native of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who came to Wilmington in 1857, after helping to construct one of the wings of the U. S. Capitol Building and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He built the...
A contractor, James Walker was a native of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who came to Wilmington in 1857, after helping to construct one of the wings of the U. S. Capitol Building and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He built the...
A contractor, James Walker was a native of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who came to Wilmington in 1857, after helping to construct one of the wings of the U. S. Capitol Building and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He built the...
nurses, James Walker Memorial Hospital, nursing schools
Both Florence Hayes (Mrs. Morris Caldwell), Alberta Robinson (pictured) of Dunn, N.C., were the only two members of the first graduating class of nurses from the nursing school located at James Walker Memorial Hospital.
Built by James Walker (1826-1901), a native of Scotland, architect, contractor and builder, who built the old James Walker Hospital and donated it to the city. He also worked on one of the wings of the Capitol building and the old Smithsonian...
Built for the Hon. William Belvedere Meares as family residence. Occupied by Union Troops as Hospital, April 2-July 5, 1865. House was located on southeastern corner of Front and Chestnut streets. Moved here and rebuilt by F. W. Kerchner in 1887.