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    • William H. Alderman House

    • William H. Alderman House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for William Harriss Alderman (1851-1932), bookkeeper; and wife, Alice Guess Larkins (1852-1905), on property given to them by her parents, William and Belinda Larkins. After Mrs. Aldermans death, the family retained the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Reaves-Hayes House

    • Reaves-Hayes House
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    • House built by William J. Reaves (1861-1917), builder and contractor, as investment property. Hubert Hayes (1895-1982); and wife, Margaret Spell (b. 1900) occupied house from 1934 to 1968. Hayes was a long time member of Wilmington Police...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Holladay-Whitehead House

    • Holladay-Whitehead House
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    • Queen Anne style house built by William Holladay (1865-1940), native of Richmond, VA, clerk for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Fannie Pritchard (1878-1960). Purchased in 1895 by Cornelia Grant Whitehead (1842-1926), wife of William A....
    • Port City Architecture
    • William Hooper School

    • William Hooper School

    • schools, Hooper family, William Hooper School

    • The William Hooper School was built in 1914 and located at 410 Meares St. Joseph F. Leitner was the Architect and Wallace & Osterman were the builders. Eliza Meares (1864-1926) was the school's first principal From 1914-1925. The elementary school...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Holloway-Hunt House

    • Holloway-Hunt House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for Cammie Lord Holloway (1874-1960); and husband, Elisha Lambert Holloway (1869-1947), clerk at Angola Lumber Company. From 1910 to 1914, residence of Joseph Schad, contractor and builder, who constructed...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Yopp-Goodman House

    • Yopp-Goodman House
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    • Italianate style house built for William John Yopp (1824-1888), Wilmington & Weldon Railroad freight agent; and wife; Jane Warren (1834-1868). Rear addition, c. 1870. Purchased in 1888 by William (1832-1911) and Bernhardt (1849-1913) Goodman,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • William Rand Kenan House

    • William Rand Kenan House
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    • Built for William Rand Kenan (1845-1903), native of Duplin County, Confederate officer, commander of the Wilmington Light Infantry, collector of the port of Wilmington and wholesale merchant; and wife, Mary Hargrave (1842-1916), native of Orange...
    • Port City Architecture
    • New Hanover High School

    • New Hanover High School
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    • Newclassical Revival style school opened in 1922 with an enrollment of 840 students, the largest in North Carolina. Leslie N. Boney, architect, designed the wings, 1930; the Princess Street gymnasium, 1940; and Brogden Hall, 1954. Notable students...
    • Port City Architecture
    • William H. McEachern

    • William H. McEachern
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for William H. McEachern (1874-1937), hay and grain merchant; and wife, Mary Elizabeth Davis (1873-1932). Owned by the family as rental property until 1943.
    • Port City Architecture
    • William J. Price House

    • William J. Price House
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    • Italianate style house built for William Jones Price (1804-1868), Lt. Col. C.S.A., physician; and wife, Sara T. (1824-1865). Inherited by his son Captain Joseph Price (1835-1895), commander of C.S.A. Neuse and Wilmington Harbor Master. House...
    • Port City Architecture
    • William B. Meares House

    • William B. Meares House
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    • Built for the Hon. William Belvedere Meares as family residence. Occupied by Union Troops as Hospital, April 2-July 5, 1865. House was located on southeastern corner of Front and Chestnut streets. Moved here and rebuilt by F. W. Kerchner in 1887.
    • Port City Architecture
    • William A. Willson House

    • William A. Willson House
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    • Queen Anne style house, built by William Alexander Willson, Sr. (1834-1917); and wife, Sarah Jane Beery. Mr. Willson was bookkeeper for Beery Shipyard and City Clerk and Treasurer. House damaged by fire and rebuilt by J.S. Stout in 1897-98.
    • Port City Architecture
    • William E. Worth House

    • William E. Worth House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for William Elliott Worth (1850-1923), founder of W.E. Worth & Co., ice manufacturers, secretary-treasurer and general manager of University Oil & Fertilizer Co.; and wife, Nellie Shay (1853-1921), native of Brooklyn,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • William Lincoln Smith House

    • William Lincoln Smith House
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    • Believed to be built by Henry M. Bishop in 1846. Later bought by William L. Smith as his family residence. Miss Mamie L. Alderman operated a private school here from 1904 until her death in 1934. The school was continued by her niece, Laura...
    • Port City Architecture

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