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    • Grant-Howell House

    • Grant-Howell House
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    • Italianate style house built for James Grant (1818-1892), merchant and native of Lenoir Co.; and wife, Keziah Stephens (1820-1893). Purchased in 1868 by Andrew J. Howell (1829-1911). Eastern one third of house demolished in 1913. Home of Rev....
    • Port City Architecture
    • The Reverend Andrew Howell

    • The Reverend Andrew Howell

    • New Hanover Historical Commission, Andrew Howell

    • The Reverend Andrew Howell formed and was the 1st Chairman of the New Hanover Historical Commission that was responsible for obtaining funds in order to place markers identifying historical locations within the community.
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Bellevue Cemetery (1)

    • Bellevue Cemetery (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, cemeteries, graves, family plots, 17th Street and Princess Place Dr., gravesites,

    • Bellevue Cemetery in a state of disrepair, many of the tombstones have fallen over, all need cleaning , weeds and vines taking over area.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Harriss House

    • Harriss House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for Andrew Howell Harriss (1872-1956), physician and surgeon; and wife, Mary Bolles (1875-1967), native of Southport, NC. Dr. Harriss served in the Spanish American and First World Wars. Two-story porch added in...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Harrison-Norden House

    • Harrison-Norden House
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    • Colonial Revival style house built as investment property for Thomas Wesley Harrison (1878-1955), president of A. D. Brown & Co., dry goods. Purchased in 1939 by Eric Norden (1869-1946), native of Sweden, civil engineer and map maker; and wife,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Baptist Hill House

    • Baptist Hill House
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    • A Baptist meeting house occupied this site as early as 1825. Front Street Baptist Church was constructed here in 1837 and served the congregation until 1866. Converted to residence when sold to John F. Stolter (1840-1903) and John M. Bremer...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Gwaltney-Martin House

    • Gwaltney-Martin House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for Robert Howell Gwaltney (1878-1939), native of Raleigh, NC, manager of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance, Co.; and wife, Octavia Boatwright (1880-1964). Purchased in 1914 by Eugene Stuart Martin...
    • Port City Architecture
    • 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
    • Churchill Cottage

    • Churchill Cottage
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    • Summer beach cottage built for Colin Francis Churchill (1900-1972), native of Siler City, NC, engineer; and wife, Mildred Dorset (1906-1985). Remained in family until 1933. Painted as The Beach Cottage in 1981 by Claude Howell.
    • Port City Architecture
    • 4th and Market Streets, 1911

    • 4th and Market Streets, 1911

    • monuments, brownstones, churches, synogogues, Claude Howell, libraries

    • Intersection of Fourth and Market Streets looking East down Market St. In the center of Street is the Cornelius Harnett obelisk, the Temple of Israel (at right) is the oldest Jewish house of worship in N.C. At the end of the block (5th & Market)...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Andrew Harriss

    • Dr. Andrew Harriss

    • Harriss family, physicians, Obstetricians, Oakdale Cemetery

    • Dr. Andrew Howell Harriss, son of George Harriss and Julia Ophelia Sanders Harriss, was born March 7th, 1872 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He married Miss Mary Montgomery Wilcox Bolles October 14th, 1896. His grandfather, William James Harris was...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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