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Confederate Memorial Monument - Unveiling ceremony - 1924.
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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Third Street, south - 0 and 100 blocks, west side.
Third Street, Wooster, Bridgers
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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

South Third Street - 100 block; intersection of Third and Orange streets.
Latimer House, First Presbyterian Church, S. Third Street, Orange Street
At left on the northwest corner is the Zebulon Latimer House; and, at right is the First Presbyterian Church, rebuilt after a fire destroyed the sanctuary in 1926. The First Presbyterian Church has been plagued by at least three fires in its...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Confederate Memorial - Plaza, intersection of South Third and Dock streets.
Confederacy, Memorial, S. Third Street, Dock Street, Bridgers
The monument, center, has a wreath in front, possibly marking a patriotic holiday. At right, is the Bridgers House (100 South Third Street) and the MacRae-Dix House (108 South Third Street). Built by J. C.Wood, R. B. Wood and James F. Post, the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

First Presbyterian Church - South Third Street - 100 block and Orange Street.
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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Military Parade at the intersection of Princess and North Third streets.
Parade, Princess Street, N. Third Street, Odd Fellows Building, City Hall, Thalian Hall
Military Parade at the intersection of Princess and North Third streets. Odd Fellows Building is shown at center with the City Hall on the right. The Odd Fellows Building, on the northwest corner of South Third and Princess streets, was built by...
Louis T. Moore Collection

North Carolina Sorosis Clubhouse - North Third Street - 100 block.
Sorosis, N. Third Street
According to the 1860 Wilmington City Directory, Shaddrack M. West (ca. 1810-1871) was living in the house on North Third Street, between Princess and Chestnut streets. The large three-story Italinate dwelling was built ca. 1858. On July 10, 1914,...
Louis T. Moore Collection

First Presbyterian Church, Third and Orange Streets
First Presyterian Church, 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...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

South Third Street - 100 block; Orange Street, 300 block.
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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Kidder House, southeast corner, Third and Dock streets.
Kidder, Moore, S. Third Street, Dock Street
Edward Kidder (1805-1885) was born in Massachusetts and came to Wilmington ca. 1826. He became a prosperous lumber merchant and later owned the Clarendon Water Works. He married Ann Potter (1811-1872) of Connecticut and in the early 1840s, they...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Bomb Shell on Third Street
New Hanover County, North Carolina, 3rd, explosives
Sgt. Daniel Howard of the Marine Corps Reserve Center carries an empty bomb shell to his van. The shell was spotted on Third Street in Wilmington. Police blocked a couple of blocks of Third Street until the bomb was removed. Captain Phil...
Star-News Image Archive

First Presbyterian Church, 121 S. 3rd St., Front Entrance, 3rd Building
Churches, Gothic-Revival, fires, Wilson family, Architects, Samuel Sloan, South Third Street, Orange Street
The third church, (the two previous churches destroyed by fire) located at 121 South Third Street, was designed in Gothic-Revival style by Architect Samuel Sloan. Reverend Joseph R. Wilson, (Woodrow Wilson's father), was minister from 1874-1885. On...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Another Front View, First Presbyterian Church
churches, First Presbyterian Church, 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...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

North Third Street and Red Cross Street.
Louis T. Moore, Automobile, Standard Oil, Esso, N. Third Street, Red Cross Street
Louis T. Moore stands next to an automobile in front of a Standard Oil Co. - Esso filling station on the corner of North Third and Red Cross streets.
Louis T. Moore Collection

South Third Street - 800 block
S. Third Street, 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. The pond was most likely on South...
Louis T. Moore Collection

South Third Street - 200 block; Orange Street - 200 block.
Latimer House, S. Third Street, Orange Street
The Henry Latimer House (1883), with its mansard roof, is on the left on the southwest corner of Third and Orange streets. It appears in the photograph that the house has a front porch across the front, which must have been removed at a later date....
Louis T. Moore Collection

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