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Portrait of James Walker, Architect
Walker family, Architects, Builders, Philanthropists, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, portraiture
This portrait of James Walker can be found hanging on a wall at UNC-Wilmington. James Walker, (1826-1901) was born in Scotland and came to the U.S. (New York), with his brother at the age of 12. He started out as a stone mason, then later moved to...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Graveside Marker, James Walker, Oakdale Cemetery
Walker Family, Cemeteries, Wilmington, Architects, Builders, Gravestones
James Walker, (1826-1901) was born in Scotland and came to the U.S. (New York), with his brother, at the age of 12. He started out as a stone mason, then later moved to Washington D.C. to help work on the Capitol and the Smithsonian Institute,...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Portrait of James Walker
Walker family, Architects, builders, philanthropists, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, portraits
Portrait of James Walker now hanging on wall at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. James Walker, (1826-1901) was born in Scotland and came to the U.S. (New York), with his brother, at the age of 12. He started out as a stone mason,...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutters, Modoc and Mendota, came into port to dock at the Government Wharf in front of the Custom House.
Coast Guard, Cutters, Modoc, Mendota, Government Wharf, Custom House
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutters, Modoc and Mendota, came into port to dock at the Government Wharf in front of the Custom House. The Native Americans called the river, "Sapona," which is formed by the junction of the Haw and Deep Rivers in Chatham...
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

Agostini House
Built by Francis Marie Agostini (1814-1887) as his family residence. Native of Vastia on the Island of Corsica, he came to Wilmington in 1843 and became a well known confectioner. House is still occupied by direct heirs.
Port City Architecture

James Walker Memorial Hospital, Original Building, 1901-1902
hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Originally located on 10th and 11th Streets, between Grace and Red Cross Streets, the fifty-bed facility was a gift from James Walker (1828-1901), a Scottish immigrant who came to the United States in the 1840's. He died before the Hospital was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Original James Walker Memorial Hospital, 1903-1904
hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Originally located on 10th and 11th Streets, between Grace and Red Cross Streets, the fifty-bed facility was a gift from James Walker (1828-1901), a Scottish immigrant who came to the United States in the 1840's. He died before the Hospital was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Dr. J. B. Sidbury, Jr. and Dr. George M. Koseruba
Koseruba family, Sidbury family, physicians, medicine, Rayle family
Dr. James Buren Sidbury, Jr., son of James Buren, Sr. and Willie Daniel Sidbury, was born January 13th, 1922, in Wilmington, North Carolina. His father James and sister, Rowena S. Hall Lenart, were also Physicians (Pediatrics). He married Ms....
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Dr. George Koseruba
Koseruba family, physicians, Pediatricians
Dr. George M. Koseruba was the son of a Russian couple who immigrated to Canada. He attended Southern California's Loma Linda University where he earned his M.D. He came to Wilmington in 1939 and served his internship and first year residency at...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

View of Original James Walker Memorial Hospital Building
hospitals, Wilmington, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Originally located on 10th and 11th Streets, between Grace and Red Cross Streets, the fifty-bed facility was a gift from James Walker (1828-1901), a Scottish immigrant who came to the United States in the 1840's. He died before the Hospital was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

North Second Street - 0 block, between Market and Princess streets.
Garrell Building, William Hooper, N. Second Street, Mark Street, Princess Street
To the right in the photo is the Garrell Building, which was located on the southwest corner of north Second and Princess streets. On the first floor of the building is the tailor shop of George J. Simon and D. F. Barnes' Barber Shop. The Junior...
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

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

Hilton Park.
Hilton Park, Christmas Tree
On the north side of Wilmington, the World's Largest Living Christmas Tree, photographed in the snow. For many years, Wilmington's community Christmas tree was erected at the entrance to City Hall on Third Street. In the fall of 1928, James E. L....
Louis T. Moore Collection

World's Largest Living Christmas Tree - Hilton Park.
Hilton Park, Christmas Tree
For many years, Wilmington's community Christmas tree was erected at the entrance to City Hall on Third Street. In the fall of 1928, James E. L. Wade (1889- 1980), a city commissioner, came up with the idea to have a living Christmas tree. A...
Louis T. Moore Collection

"Ecce Homo" (Behold the Man) - Photographed in St. James Courtyard.
Ecce Homo, St. James Episcopal Church, Churches
Painting by the Spanish artist, Pacheco (1571-1654).In September, 1747, Spanish privateers came up the Cape Fear River to Brunswick Town, which was then in New Hanover County. A group of citizens captured the vessels after a four day battle. The...
Louis T. Moore Collection

James Walker Memorial Hospital - Front view.
James Walker Memorial Hospital, Hospitals
A contractor, James Walker was a native of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who came to Wilmington in 1857, after helping to construct one of the wings of the U. S. Capitol Building and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He built the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

James Walker Memorial Hospital - Slightly different view.
James Walker Memorial Hospital, Hospitals
A contractor, James Walker was a native of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who came to Wilmington in 1857, after helping to construct one of the wings of the U. S. Capitol Building and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He built the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

James Walker Memorial Hospital - Slightly different view.
James Walker Memorial Hospital, Hospitals
A contractor, James Walker was a native of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who came to Wilmington in 1857, after helping to construct one of the wings of the U. S. Capitol Building and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He built the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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