New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

CG Cutter Modoc in front of U.S. Custom House
Custom House, Coast Guard, Modoc, Waterfront, Cape Fear River
U.S. Custom House, 1916 (now known as the Alton A. Lennon Federal Building after a former U.S. Congressman from North Carolina’s Seventh Congressional District). A U. S. Custom House has been on this site (Water Street, north, between Market and...
Louis T. Moore Collection

U.S.O. Club Building, at Harbor Island, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
Wrightsville Beach
This divided back linen postcard features an illustration depicting the U.S.O. Club Building on Harbor Island.
Postcard Collections

Prohibition.
Phohibition, Custom House, Whiskey
On January 6, 1933, U. S. Revenue Agents supervise the destruction of 600 cases of illegal whiskey in the 0 block of North Water Street between the U. S. Custom house and the U. S. Government Wharf, with sailors of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter,...
Louis T. Moore Collection

B.U.M.P. Theatre Company
theater, drama, plays, New Hanover County
Victor (Steve Coley) upends Corie (Hope Brownewell) as an astonished Paul (Pierre Brulatour) looks on in a scene from Barefoot in the Park. The play was performed by the B.U.M.P Theatre Company in Wilmington, N.C.
Star-News Image Archive

U.S. Army Landing Craft
New Hanover County, North Carolina, ships, Cape Fear River, soldiers, WW II, military
Left to right, CW2 Robert Blomerth, CW1 Victor Schoenhals and Sargent Richard Stephenson perform routine maintenance as they spend time on a U.S. Army landing craft The Brandywine, which docked in Wilmington for a time while on the way back to its...
Star-News Image Archive

U.S. Custom House
This massive Neoclassical Revival style building took three years to construct during World War I. The pedimented facades of the flanking wings are copies of the 1843 Greek Revival style custom house that stood previously on the site. In 1965, the...
Port City Architecture

U.S. Custom House and Modoc
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, U.S. Custom House, Federal Building, Coast Guard, Cutter, Modoc, Ships, Boats
This b&w photograph captures the Coast Guard Cutter Modoc in front of the U.S. Custom House (later the Federal Building) in 1916.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

U. S. Revenue Cutter "Seminole," Wilmington, N. C.
Cape Fear River, Coast Guard, Cutter, Seminole, U.S. Revenue Service
This divided back postcard features an illustration depicting the U.S. Revenue Cutter, "Seminole," cruising down the Cape Fear River.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Construction of U.S. Custom House
U.S. Custom House, Federal Courthouse
Construction of a U.S. Custom House (later known as Alton Lennon Federal Courthouse)
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Federal Point.
Fort Fisher, Civil War, Federal Point, Battery Buchanan, The Rocks
"Battery Buchanan" and "The Rocks," below Fort Fisher. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the last...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Waterfront - Cape Fear River - Wilmington.
Waterfront, Cape Fear River, Water Street, Princess Street, Coast Guard, Cutter, Modoc, Custom House, Government Wharf
Taken from the foot of Princess Street, the freighter, Eastern Temple, and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Modoc, are tied up at the U.S. Government Dock in front of the U.S. Custom House.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Waterfront - Cape Fear River - Wilmington.
Waterfront, Cape Fear River, Coast Guard, Cutter, Modoc, Custom House, Freighter, Eastern Temple, Water Street
A freighter, the Eastern Temple, and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Modoc, are tied up at the U.S. Government Dock in front of the U.S. Customs House. Taken from the corner of North Water and Market streets, the ferry ramp is at left
Louis T. Moore Collection

"Old Ironsides" (U.S.S. Constitution) arrives at the Government Wharf in front of the U.S. Custom House for a goodwill visit to Wilmington on November 21, 1931.
Government Wharf, Custom House, U.S.S Constitution, Frigate
During her eight day stay, over 42,000 children and adults from all over North Carolina visited the famous ship. The three-masted frigate was commissioned in 1798 and participated in the War with Tripoli in 1803-1804. She was also a veteran of the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

U.S. Army Reserve Training Center, Wilmington, NC (1)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, military, reservists, Navy, Greenfield Lake, servicemen
The front of the U.S. Army Reserve training center on West Lake Shore DR. Two unidentified men, one soldier and one civilian, standing by the flag pole with the flag at full mast. Now known as the Adrian B. Rhodes Armed Forces Reserve Center, 2144...
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U.S. Army Reserve Training Center, Wilmington, NC (2)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, reservists, Naval Reserves, Greenfield Lake,
A group of Army soldiers look on as a group of civilians are seated waiting for a program to begin in the parking lot beside the building. Flag is flying at full mast. Two military cars are in the foreground, one has "U.S. Army 1 E 9785 for...
Star-News Image Archive

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