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...
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...
The post office is viewed from north Second Street across Post Office Park. The park was a gathering place for local citizens. During the World Series, the park was very popular, especially before radio became wide-spread. Crowds would congregate...
At center is the red brick, four-story Y.M.C.A. Building, which was constructed in 1912-1913. This was the second home of the organization, which previously had occupied a structure on the northwest corner of North Front and Grace streets. The new...
First Presbyterian Church, Churches, S. Third Street, Orange Street
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...
This area is known as Dry Pond.
The area of Wilmington south of Castle Street is known as Dry Pond. As its name implies, a number of years ago there was a pond in this section which eventually dried up. The exact location of the pond is unknown....
St. James, Episcopal Church, Churches, Y.M.C.A., Colonial Inn, Colonial Apartments, Third Street, Markert Street
The front of St. James Episcopal Church is shown at right. Across Market Street is the Colonial Apartments on the corner, next to the red brick Y.M.C.A. building.
Oscar Pearsall (1849-1925), a wholesale grocer, owned the handsome three-story...
First Presbyterian Church, S. Third Street, Orange Street
First Presbyterian Church (1859-61, Samuel Sloan, architect) is in ruins, following a disastrous fire on December 31, 1925.
Dating from 1818, the first church was located in the 100 block of South Front Street between Dock and Orange streets. It...
Murchison Building, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street
The Murchison Building is on the corner at left. In that same 200 block of North Front Street, Bulluck Hospital and the Bijou Theater were located on the west side of the street. On the opposite corner is the south side of the Murchison/Acme...
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...
Ann Street, S. Fourth Street, S. Fifth Avenue, Tileston School, Schools
Children in costume in Tileston School yard on the Fourth Street side. One of the city's boundary oaks is at left. In 1740, the oak tree marked the south east boundary of the town of Wilmington. In the eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth...
Coca-Cola, Coke, Plant, N. Tenth Street, Princess Street, Hutaff
In the early 1880s, Henry Hutaff (1834-1893), a native of the Province of Hannover, Germany, was bottling soda water, ginger pop and sarsaparilla, taking advantage of a new invention whereby ordinary water was charged with carbon dioxide which...