New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Wessel-Hathaway House
Built in part by Jacob Wessel. In 1858 sold to James L. Hathaway from Fall River, Massachusetts who completed building, with James F. Post, architect.
Port City Architecture

A.M. Wilson House
Colonial Revival style house built as residence for Captain Alexander M. Wilson, Sr. (1851-1914); and wife, Ellen Nora Piver (1857-1911). At age 12, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and was engaged in the battle of Fort Fisher. He later became a...
Port City Architecture

Thomas Thornton
Residence of Thomas Thornton (b. 1834), steamboat engineer and river pilot, and his family from c. 1866 to 1907. House occupied by James L. White and family from 1920 to 1975.
Port City Architecture

Hashagen House
Queen Anne style house built for Frederick Ernest Hashagen (1855-1932), partner in firm of Vollers & Hashagen, wholesale grocers; and wife Minnie Gardner (1862-1920). Purchased in 1931 for rental use by neighbor, Robert R. Stone (1866-1955),...
Port City Architecture

Burriss-Meier House
Late Greek Revival style cottage built by 1863, when Phineas W. Fanning sold the property to Thomas Edward Burriss (1838-1867), river pilot; and wife, Sarah Ann Wells (1839-1912), seamstress. Acquired through marriage in 1926 by Francis L. Meier...
Port City Architecture

Cassidey-Harper House
Built as family residence by James Cassidey (1792-1866), native of Salisbury, MA, who with his sons operated an extensive shipyard and marine railway at river below house. Confederate ironclad RALEIGH was constructed there. His daughter, Anne E....
Port City Architecture

French-King House
Greek Revival style house built for George Reade French (1802-1889), native of Fall River, MA, boot and shoe merchant; and wife, Sarah Caroline Weeks (1809-1867). Front section added in 1871 and Queen Anne style porch installed by 1895 when house...
Port City Architecture

James W. Craig House
Queen Anne style house built by James William Craig (1840-1914), Cape Fear River pilot and first pastor of Trinity Methodist Church; property willed to daughter, Grace Craig Branch (1888-1949).
Port City Architecture

Aerial View of Downtown Wilmington
Airplanes, Wilmington, NC
View of Wilmington from the air, along the Cape Fear River facing Front St., near the federal courthouse.
Star-News Image Archive

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Freight Office - 501 Nutt Street.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Freight Office, Nutt Street, Wilmington Railroad Museum
The freight office of the ACL Railroad dates from about 1900 and is located on Nutt Street, near the Cape Fear River. (Formerly the Wilmington Railroad Museum). The warehouse at left (519 Nutt Street) dates from the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad General Offices and Depot - North Front Street.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, N. Front Street, Nutt Street, Champion Compress, Point Peter
Since the mid-nineteenth century, Wilmington had been a railroad town, beginning with the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, which was organized in 1838, and reportedly was at one time, the longest railroad in the world. Some years later, that railroad...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad freight yard.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Train Yard
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad freight yard. The freight office of the ACL Railroad dates from about 1900 and is located on Nutt Street, near the Cape Fear River. (Currently [1999] the Wilmington Railroad Museum). The warehouse at left (519 Nutt...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Lighthouse - Bald Head Island - Mouth of Cape Fear River.
Bald Head Island, Lighthouse, Smith Island
Smith Island is the official name of the island, but it is commonly called Bald Head Island. The island was named for Landgrave Thomas Smith who acquired it in 1690. The lighthouse was built by 1817.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Bellwill Cotton Mills.
Bellwill Cotton Mills, Cotton Mill, Wooster Street, Dawson Street, Bellamy
Southern section of Wilmington, with Cape Fear River frontage. Located on the block bounded by Wooster Street on the north, Dawson Street on the south, Water Street on the east and the Cape Fear River on the west, the mill was the successor to the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

View of Downtown Wilmington from Belville, NC
Belville, Brunswick County, North Carolina, advertisements, businesses, historic buildings, churches, Cape Fear River,filling stations,vehicles
Shows traffic heading towards downtown Wilmington on the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. The skylight of the city shows multiple church steeples, rooftops of houses and some businesses. On the Belville side a sign advertises Orton Motel & restaurant,...
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Sunward Yacht Corp.
boat repairs, boats, New Hanover County, businesses
John Werdal, Dave McCall, Mark Nedabylek, and Randy Lewis finish a splash rail and prepare the bottom of a 48 ft. power boat for painting. The men all work Sunward Yacht Corp. The work was done at Port Cape Fear Marina and Boatyard on River Road...
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Nun Street boat ramp
boating, riverfront, New Hanover County
Boat launching ramp is located at the foot of Nun Street in downtown Wilmington. N.C. Ramp gives access to the Cape Fear River.
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CFCC Student Paints the Dan Moore
Boats, Cape Fear Technical Institute
Wallace Leroy Fisher puts on a coat of primer paint on the riggings of the Dan Moore. The Dan Moore is a research vessel belonging to Cape Fear Tech. The ship and crew of students just got back from an 8 day training cruise to the Chesapeake Bay...
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