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    • South Third Street - 0 block; Market Street - 300 block

    • South Third Street - 0 block; Market Street - 300 block

    • St. James, Episcopal Church, Churches, Y.M.C.A., Colonial Inn, Colonial Apartments, Third Street, Markert Street

    • The front of St. James Episcopal Church is shown at right. Across Market Street is the Colonial Apartments on the corner, next to the red brick Y.M.C.A. building. Oscar Pearsall (1849-1925), a wholesale grocer, owned the handsome three-story...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Blockade Runner Hotel (1)

    • Blockade Runner Hotel (1)

    • New Hanover County, Atlantic Ocean, Intracoastal Waterway, sound

    • The Blockade Runner Hotel was the first modern high-rise hotel on Wrightsville Beach, designed by Oliver & Smith, architects, of Norfolk, Virginia. The seven story brick building contained 120 rooms, each with a view of the ocean or Banks Channel....
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Wilmington Bomb Disposal Squad

    • Wilmington Bomb Disposal Squad

    • New Hanover County, North Carolina, suscipious

    • Wilmington Police officers Ed Gibson (left) and T.D. Eason (right) hand the heavy lid of the bomb disposal truck to explosives expert Steve Bennett after an unusual package was found at 4104 Park Avenue. The bomb unit watched the package for...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Forest Hills School

    • Forest Hills School
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    • Built to consolidate East Wilmington, Kirkland, Middle Sound and Masonboro schools. With rapid development of Forest Hills, it became the neighborhood school. The original one-story building contained seven classrooms, an auditorium and a library....
    • Port City Architecture
    • South Third Street - 800 block

    • 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 near Marstellar Street.

    • South Third Street near Marstellar Street.

    • S. Third Street, Marstellar Street, Dry Pond

    • This area is known as 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....
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Beach, Blockade Runner, Confederacy, Civil War

    • Fort Fisher Beach, showing exposed wreck of a blockade runner. 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...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Battle Acre, Monument, Daughters of the Confederacy, Confederacy, Civil War

    • "Battle Acre," with flag and monument, erected by the United Daughters of Confederacy. 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...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Federal Point, Beach, Civil War

    • Federal Point landscape. 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 port to be captured by Union...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Beach, Erosion, Civil War, Confederacy

    • Fort Fisher Beach and Mound, showing erosion. 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 port to be...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher - ca. 1935.

    • Fort Fisher - ca. 1935.

    • Fort Fisher, Beach, Waddell, deRossett, Henderson

    • Fort Fisher Mounds and Beach looking east. Gabriella deRosset Waddell is the older woman pictured here, with Archibald Henderson on the left. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Beach, Road

    • Fort Fisher Road and mounds. Long distance view of site. 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
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Beach, Road

    • Fort Fisher mounds and road. 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 port to be captured by Union...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher mounds and beach.

    • Fort Fisher mounds and beach.

    • Fort Fisher, Beach, Erosion

    • Fort Fisher mounds and beach. 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 port to be captured by...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Federal Point.

    • 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

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