Queen Anne style house built for Lindsay A. Weedon (1864-1936), native of Guilford County, NC; and wife, Nellie (1864-1935), native of New York State. He owned a factory, located on the waterfront between Church and Castle streets that...
Heyer Building, post offices, Chestnut Street, historic buildings
The Southern Building, originally located at 123-124 N. Front St.,was funded by entrepeneur Matthew J. Heyer (1854-1914). The architect of the building was Charles McMillen, and Porter & Godwin of Goldsboro the contractor. The building was made of...
Located at 100 South 3rd Street, (and Dock Streets), the home of Mary Bridgers (granddaughter of John Haywood, treasurer of North Carolina and descendant of Richard Eagles whom Eagles Island is named after) and widow of Preston L. Bridgers, son of...
The Masonic Temple Building was built in 1899 and located at 17-21 N. Front St. The Architect was Charles McMillen of Duluth, Minnesota and the Contractor was D. Gaetz & Co. of Knoxville, Tennessee. It was the first of many large multi-use...
At right is the Wooster House on the northwest corner of Third and Dock streets.
Across Dock Street on the southwest corner is the imposing stone Bridgers House. Behind the tree in the center of the plaza is the Confederate Memorial, designed by...
N. Front Street, Chestnut Street, Murchison Building, Southern Building, Fire Boat.
A woman stands next to a light pole at the corner of North Front and Chestnut Street. At left is the Southern Building and at right is the Murchison Building. At the foot of the street, the Fire Boat station is visible.
The five-story Southern...
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...
N. Front Street, Chestnut Street, Murchison-Acme Building
At right on the corner of Front and Chestnut streets is the Murchison National Bank - Acme Building. The bank organized in March 1899, moved into the structure in 1902. Charles McMillen was the architect, with John H. Brunjes, the builder....
Confederacy, Monument, Memorial, Dock Street, S. Third Street, Bacon, Boney
Designed by Henry Bacon, the monument, located on the plaza at intersection of South Third and Dock streets was donated to the City of Wilmington in 1924, by Gabriel Boney. The sculptor of the two bronze figures, representing courage and...
Parade, Princess Street, N. Third Street, Odd Fellows Building, City Hall, Thalian Hall
Military Parade at the intersection of Princess and North Third streets.
Odd Fellows Building is shown at center with the City Hall on the right.
The Odd Fellows Building, on the northwest corner of South Third and Princess streets, was built by...