St. Mary's Cathedral, Churches, Tileston School, Schools, S. Fifth Avenue, Ann Street
View of side of Tileston School. Students in costume are in school yard, before the front wings of the school were added. St. Mary's Catholic Pro-Cathedral is in the background. The original school building in the middle of the block was...
New Hanover High School, Schools, Trinity Methodist Church, Churches, St. Andrews- Covenant Presbyterian Church, Pembroke Jones Park, Market Street
Trinity Methodist Church was organized in August, 1889, as the Market Street Methodist Mission. The church met in Giblem Lodge at Eighth and Princess streets, but soon moved to a church at Ninth and Market streets. In 1920, the church hired Leslie...
St. James Episcopal Church, Third Street, Market Street, Carolina Apartments, Colonial Apartments
St. James Episcopal Church is at the center, with the tower of the church's Great Hall and Carolina Apartments in the distance. At left is the Colonial Apartments with its mansard roof. The top of the red brick YMCA building can be seen next to the...
Built in 1803-1805, the Georgian building served as the lodge's home until 1825, when it was sold to Thomas W. Brown. It remained in the Brown family until 1943. For a time during World War II, a restaurant, called St. John's Tavern, was operated...
Tileston School, Schools, St. Mary's Cathedral, Churches, Fifth Avenue, Ann Street
Children in costumes pose on Tileston School playground on corner of Fifth Avenue and Ann streets. St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral is in the background.
The original school building in the middle of the block was constructed in 1871-1872 with funds from...
St. James Episcopal Church, Cemetery, Graves, Fourth Street
On the left side is St. James Episcopal Church Graveyard, the site of a 1787 duel between Samuel Swann and John Bradley. Note that the street’s paving material is brick.
Southwest corner of Fourth and Market streets. Located on the southwest...
St. James Episcopal Church, Church, Market Street, Great Hall
The photo was taken from the intersection of Fourth and Market streets and shows the Great Hall, which was built 1923-24. Hobart Upjohn of New York was the architect of the Gothic Revival building. St. James Graveyard is on the corner of Fourth and...
Southwest corner of Fourth and Market streets. Located on the southwest corner of Fourth and Market streets (Block 154), the earliest mention of St. James' Graveyard was in 1781, during the British occupation of Wilmington, although a portion of...
St. Philip's Church, Brunswick Town, Brunswick County
The town of Brunswick, one-half mile south of Orton Estate, was founded in 1725, by Colonel Maurice Moore (ca. 1682/86-1743) on the west side of the Cape Fear River. A plan for the town was set up, lots were sold and houses were built. When New...
St. Philip's Church, Brunswick Town, Brunswick County
The town of Brunswick, one-half mile south of Orton Estate, was founded in 1725, by Colonel Maurice Moore (ca. 1682/86-1743) on the west side of the Cape Fear River. A plan for the town was set up, lots were sold and houses were built. When New...
St. Philip's Church, Brunswick Town, Brunswick County
The town of Brunswick, one-half mile south of Orton Estate, was founded in 1725, by Colonel Maurice Moore (ca. 1682/86-1743) on the west side of the Cape Fear River. A plan for the town was set up, lots were sold and houses were built. When New...