Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, low-rent housing, historic houses, Cape Fear River, Castle Street, Wilmington Housing Authority
Closeup photo of a man's hands holding a ballast stone with the year 1761 etched into it. Artifact found at the Newkirk House which was at 511 Surry St. The current site of Solomon Towers.
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. 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...
Exchange Corner, Front Street, Market Street, City Market, Finkelstein
From the eighteenth century, this corner was known as Exchange Corner, possibly because the original city market was located in the middle of Market Street, between Water and Front streets. In this photo, the building on the corner (at center) is...
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, advertisements, waterfront, downtown, Cape Fear Technical Institute, CFCC, Solomon Towers, Murchison building, barges, freighters, Almont shipping,
The framework for a billboard looms over the Wilmington riverfront from the west bank of the Cape Fear River near the northeast Cape Fear River bridge, showing river traffic and industry of downtown.
Commercial building constructed as rental property for Solomon (1832-1904), Samuel (1837-1903) and Marcus (1843-1887) Bear, natives of Bavaria, Germany, and dry goods merchants. Remained in Bear family until 1985. James Dickinson Munds (1855-1893)...
Craftsman style bungalow built by Solomon Sternberger (1870-1945), dry goods merchant, for son, Julius Earl "Jinx" Sternberger (1897-1966), World War I veteran, realtor, director of Carolina Savings & Loan; and wife, Sadibel Simon (1904-1983),...
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Henry Clay Bear (1878-1925), realtor and secretary-treasurer of The Independent Ice Company; and wife, Lena Solomon (1882-1975), active in civic and charitable affairs.