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    • Ballard-Potter-Bellamy House

    • Ballard-Potter-Bellamy House
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    • Greek Revival style house built for Jethro Ballard (1802-1853), merchant and steam saw mill owner; and wife, Martha P. Nolan (b. 1816). Purchased in 1851 by Samuel R. Potter (1811-1856), planter; and wife, Marion Babcock (1825-1885), who added...
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    • Humphreys-Cooper House

    • Humphreys-Cooper House
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    • Shingled cottage built for Charles Raymond Humphreys (1881-1929), civil engineer; and wife, Lilian Miller Kenly (1890-1979), natives of Maryland. Purchased in 1929 by Oscar Fleet Cooper (1878-1948), advertising agent for Atlantic Coast Line...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Jarman House

    • Jarman House
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    • Craftsman style house built for John Franklin Jarman (1876-1939), native of Onslow County, druggist and proprietor of Jarmans Pharmacy; and wife, Sallie Ennett (1877-1976).
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    • Lucy M. Giles House

    • Lucy M. Giles House
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    • Lucy Murchison Giles (1850-1913) inherited this property in 1867 from her father Joshua Grainger Wright, Jr. In 1896, the lot was divided for two Queen Anne style houses built for rental purposes by her husband, Clayton Giles (1844-1917). The...
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    • The Glenn Restaurant

    • The Glenn Restaurant
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    • Commercial building constructed for Esther Naomi Mintz Yopp (1891-1972) and built by contractor, Sam Blake. Occupied by various restaurants from 1947 to 1969. Building remains in family.
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    • The Glenn

    • The Glenn
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    • Hotel designed by owner and manager Mrs. W. R. Yopp, (E. Naomi Mintz-Yopp, 1891-1972), and built by contractor A. B. Yopp. After her death, the hotel has remained in the family and continues to be operated by daughter, E. Naomi Yopp. Many...
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    • Goodman House

    • Goodman House
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    • One of twin Queen Anne Style houses built as rental property for brothers William Goodman (1843-1911) and Bernhardt Goodman (1845-1913), natives of Ottershausen, Bavaria, and dry goods merchants. Remained in family until 1973.
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    • Gore Building

    • Gore Building
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    • Commercial structure built as rental property for Daniel Lennox Gore (1847-1925), native of Columbus County, Confederate veteran, and real estate investor. The first tenant, Pickard-Bleecker Automobile Company, sold and serviced Chalmers motor...
    • Port City Architecture
    • W.I. Gore House

    • W.I. Gore House
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    • Italianate style house built as residence by William Iredell Gore (1829-1903); and wife, Rachael Litchfield (1833-1914). He was a wholesale grocer, commission merchant and during the Civil War, an officer in the Waccamaw Light Artillery. Saved...
    • 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...
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    • Hale-Henderson House

    • Hale-Henderson House
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    • Dutch Colonial Revival style house built for John W. Hale, bookkeeper; and wife, Lona Allen. From 1930 to 1968, occupied by William Harman Henderson (1887-1971), Assistant Vice-president of Traffic for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Benjamin W. Beery House

    • Benjamin W. Beery House
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    • Italianate style house built for Benjamin Washington Beery (1822-1892), partner in Cassidey & Beery Shipyard; and wife, Ann Eliza Williams (1827-1865). Served as school and convent of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, 1869-1870. Double piazzas added by...
    • Port City Architecture
    • John Hall House

    • John Hall House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for John Hall (1879-1983) of Hall & Pearsall, Inc., wholesale grocers and importers; and wife, Katherine Hoke (1886-1968), native of Lincolnton, NC. House remained in family until 1973; moved from 6 South...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Hankins-Bannerman House

    • Hankins-Bannerman House
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    • Queen Anne Style house built for William Moore Hankins (1843-1926), chief clerk for N. Jacobi Hardware Company; and wife, Almira Corbett (1843-1920). Purchased in 1904 by Sarah Elizabeth Grady Bannerman (1862-1945), civic and religious leader.
    • Port City Architecture
    • Steven Jewett House

    • Steven Jewett House
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    • Greek Revival style house built for Stephen Jewett (1805-1862), native of Maine, cabinetmaker and cashier for the Bank of Wilmington; and wife, Lucy A. Bradley (1819-1898). Remained in family for forty-seven years. In 1989 saved for preservation...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Warren S. Johnson House

    • Warren S. Johnson House
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    • Craftsman style house built for Warren Sylvester Johnson (1876-1961), native of Clinton, NC, president of Peoples Savings Bank & Trust Company; and wife, Hattie Harlee Bellamy (1876-1965). House remained in family for fifty-five years.
    • Port City Architecture
    • Miles Costin House

    • Miles Costin House
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    • Italianate style house built for Miles Costin (c. 1800-1873), planter, commission merchant and town commissioner; and wife, Catherine (c. 1809-1874). Mrs. Robt Ransoms Female Seminary operated here in 1871. Acquired in 1885 by John Wilder Atkinson...
    • Port City Architecture
    • St. Johns Lodge

    • St. Johns Lodge
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    • Transitional Georgian-Federal style structure built for St. John's Lodge No. 1, Ancient Your Masons, and shared by Concord Chapter; Masonic mural (c. 1809) remains. Purchased in 1824 by Thomas W. Brown (1803-1872), silversmith and jeweler, who...
    • Port City Architecture
    • 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

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