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    • Fifth Avenue Methodist Church

    • Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
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    • Neo-Gothic style church built for congregation organized in 1847 to serve residents in the southern section of the city. This building, which replaced an earlier wooden structure, was dedicated on September 26, 1890. The education building, erected...
    • 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
    • William A. French House

    • William A. French House
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    • William A. French (1835-1907), a boot and shoe merchant, lived on this site. On May 10, 1871, fire destroyed the original structure. In November 1871, Mr. French completed the present structure; the plans drawn by Alex Strausz. The property...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Home of Dr. and Mrs. James Sprunt

    • Home of Dr. and Mrs. James Sprunt

    • James Sprunt, Luola Murchison, Dudley

    • James Sprunt and Luola Murchison, married 27 November 1883 and bought the Dudley house in 1895. They added the Greek columned portico with Ionic capitals and made a few other changes to the 1825 structure. This image was produced around 1915.
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • First Presbyterian Church, Present Day

    • First Presbyterian Church, Present Day

    • churches, presbyterian churches, First Presbyterian Church

    • The First Presbyterian Church has been plagued by at least three fires in its history. Dating from 1818, the first church was located in the 100 block of South Front Street between Dock and Orange streets. It burned in 1819 and another church was...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. E. T. Marshburn and a Student Nurse

    • Dr. E. T. Marshburn and a Student Nurse

    • Marshburn family, physicians, nursing students, hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital

    • Dr. Elisha Thomas Marshburn Sr. (1924-) was born in Wilmington, N.C., November 25th, 1924 to Elisha and Eva Beasley Marshburn. He received his eduction from Wake Forest (1944) and his M.D. from Bowman Gray in 1947. He was Chief of Staff at New...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. J. O. Perritt

    • Dr. J. O. Perritt

    • Perritt family, physicians, medicine

    • Dr. John Olin Perritt, Jr. (1922), son of John Olin and Lallah Cherry Perritt, was born in Tarboro, North Carolina, November 14th, 1922. He married Miss Carolyn Bass and attended UNC-Chapel Hill (1949) and earned his medical education from both...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Solomon Sachwell

    • Dr. Solomon Sachwell

    • Sachwell family, physicians, medicine, typhoid fever

    • Dr. Solomon Sampson Satchwell (1821-1892), son of James and Elizabeth Windley Satchwell. He was married to Elizabeth Vanderveer of New Jersey; Ann Victoria Moore, daughter of Alfred L. Moore of New Hanover County; Sara Bell, daughter of Fletcher...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Horace Moore

    • Dr. Horace Moore

    • Moore family, Barto family, physicians, Surgeons

    • Dr. Horace G. Moore, Jr., son of Horace G. and Evelyn Ray Moore, was born November 4th, 1921 in Savannah, Georgia. He attended Johns Hopkins University (1942) and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1945), where he earned his M.D. (Notable: Alpha...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Ricardo Tan

    • Dr. Ricardo Tan

    • Tan family, Skoney family, physicians,

    • Dr. Ricardo Mijares Tan (1932-), son of Angel B. and Consuelo Mijares Tan, was born November 6th, 1932 in the Phillipines. He married Miss Gwendolyn Skoney and attended the University of St. Thomas in the Phillipines (1953; 1957). He was in private...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • St. James Episcopal Church (Present)

    • St. James Episcopal Church (Present)

    • churches, Episcopal churches, Wilmington

    • St. James Parish was established by the General Assembly of the Colony of Carolina in November, 1729. In 1741, the parish was divided, with St. James Parish on the East side of the Cape Fear River and St. Philip's on the West side. The construction...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. W. C. Mebane

    • Dr. W. C. Mebane

    • Mebane family, physicians

    • Dr. William Carter Mebane, Sr.? was born November 1st, 1882 to parents Benjamin Watkins and Bettie Galloway Carter Mebane. He married Miss Susan Mott and they had a son, William Carter Mebane, Jr. who also received his M.D., (General Practicioner...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Robert Pigford

    • Dr. Robert Pigford

    • Pigford family, Toms family, Selden family, Harris family, physicians

    • Dr. Robert Toms Pigford (1914-), son of Robert Weldon and Myrtle Toms Pigford, was born in Wilmington, N.C. November 20th, 1914. He married Miss Lavinia Selden Harris, attended UNC-Chapel Hill (1936) and The University of Maryland (1940). He was in...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. E. T. Marshburn

    • Dr. E. T. Marshburn

    • Marshburn family, Patrick family, physicians

    • Dr. Elisha Thomas Marshburn Jr. (1924-), son of Elisha and Eva Beasley Marshburn, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, November 25th, 1924. He married Miss Lula Patrick and attended Wake Forest (1944) and Bowman Gray (1947). He was in private...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Solomon Satchwell

    • Dr. Solomon Satchwell

    • physicians, typhoid fever, Satchwell family

    • Dr. Solomon Sampson Satchwell (1821-1892), son of James and Elizabeth Windley Satchwell. He was married to Elizabeth Vanderveer of New Jersey; Ann Victoria Moore, daughter of Alfred L. Moore of New Hanover County; Sara Bell, daughter of Fletcher...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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