Dr. Auley McRae Crouch, Sr., received his M.D. from Jefferson College in 1916. He married Miss Muriel Lee Fales and together they had two sons, Auley McRae Crouch, Jr. and Walter Lee Crouch, who also became Physicians. Notable achievements:...
Isaac Bear School, Schools, Market Street, Wilmington College
Built in 1912, the structure was an elementary school until the mid-1940s. The building was erected with funds donated by Samuel Bear (ca. 1854-1916) in memory of his brother, Isaac Bear (1852-1911). It became the first home of Wilmington College...
Hopewell Presbyterian Church was founded in 1800 and is located on Highway #177, about four miles north of Burgaw. Hinton James (1776-1847), first student to enroll in the University of North Carolina, is buried there.
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...
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...