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    • Sprunt House

    • Sprunt House
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    • First example of the Italian Renaissance style house in Wilmington built for James Laurence Sprunt (1886-1973), agent for Alexander Sprunt & Son, the world's largest cotton exporter; and wife, Amoret Cameron Price (1891-1915), native of Asheville....
    • Port City Architecture
    • Orton Plantation

    • Orton Plantation
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    • The original one-and-one-half story plantation house was built for "King" Roger Moore (1694-1751), native of Goose Creek, SC and first permenant settler in the Lower Cape Fear region. Fredrick Jones Hill (1792-1861), physician, planter, and NC...
    • Port City Architecture
    • NCRPC0924

    • NCRPC0924

    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company

    • Pictured left to right are Kenneth McKay, attorney for Lykes Bros.; Mrs. McKay; P.F. Halsey; Harry Culbreath, vice president of Lykes Bros.; W.S. McMahon and Mrs. J.D. Peters, sponsor and neice of the McKays. They gathered for the launching of the...
    • North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, 1941-1946
    • Orton Billard & Pool Rooms

    • Orton Billard & Pool Rooms
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    • Basement is the only surviving section of Orton Hotel which was built in 1886 for Col. Kenneth Murchison (1831-1906). Billiard and pool rooms, steam laundry, bakery, and bar room installed during the 1888 enlargement by W. A. Bryan, proprietor....
    • Port City Architecture
    • Southern Express Building

    • Southern Express Building
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    • Renaissance style building constructed for Colonel Kenneth M. Murchison (1831-1904), businessman and banker, who leased it to the Southern Express Company, a railway delivery service. Building sold in 1913 to Wilmington Star Company, newspaper...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Murchison Building

    • Murchison Building

    • Murchison Building

    • At eleven stories, the Murchison-First Union Building is the tallest structure in Wilmington. Built 1913-1914, Wilmington native, Kenneth M. Murchison (1872-1938) of New York, was the architect for the Neoclassical Revival building, which...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Orton Hotel and the Royal Theater

    • Orton Hotel and the Royal Theater

    • hotels, Theaters, Businesses, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Antique automobiles, Bicycles

    • Photograph of the Orton Hotel and the Royal Theater in downtown Wilmington, N.C. The Orton Hotel was built by Colonel Kenneth Murchison in 1888 and named for his plantation in Brunswick County. The Royal Theater was one door down fron the hotel. ...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Orton Hotel

    • Orton Hotel

    • hotels, Orton Hotel, Murchison

    • Orton Hotel was built by Col. Kenneth M. Murchison in 1888. James Walker was the general contractor. In 1896 Col. Murchison leased the building to R.W. Wallace and Co. In 1900 the rooms were 2.50-3.50 per day. The hotel was destroyed by fire in...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Orton Hotel Fire

    • Orton Hotel Fire

    • hotels, Orton Hotel, fires

    • Orton Hotel in downtown Wilmington, N.C. was built by Colonel Kenneth Murchison in 1888 and named for his plantation in Brunswick County. The building was destroyed in a fire on January 21, 1949.
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Orton Hotel

    • Orton Hotel

    • hotels, Orton Hotel, theaters, Royal Theater

    • Orton Hotel with three-story wood building beside it where the Royal Theater was later built. Built by Col. Kenneth M. Murchison in 1888. James Walker was the general contractor. In 1896 Col. Murchison leased the building to R.W. Wallace and Co. In...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Chestnut Street - 100 block.

    • Chestnut Street - 100 block.

    • Orton, Post Office, Post Office Park, Murchison Building, Cape Fear Club, Cape Fear Hotel, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street

    • The photo shows (from left), the Orton Hotel (on Front Street), the back of the Post Office and Post Office Park, the Murchison Building and the Cape Fear Hotel. The columns at right are those of the Cape Fear Club building. In 1888, Colonel...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • North Front Street - 200 block.

    • North Front Street - 200 block.

    • N. Front Street, Murchison, Chestnut Street

    • Chestnut Street - 100 block - north side The main buildings are (from left) the first floor of the Murchison Building, (built 1913/1914); the Murchison National Bank-Acme Building (1902) and the tall building to the left, the Cape Fear Hotel...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection

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