Park Avenue, now known as Post Office Alley, was created when the US Post Office was built on the corner of Front and Chestnut streets. A popular park was adjacent. Three buildings that faced the passage still stand, including No. 3, which became...
At right is the Wooster House on the northwest corner of Third and Dock streets.
Across Dock Street on the southwest corner is the imposing stone Bridgers House. Behind the tree in the center of the plaza is the Confederate Memorial, designed by...
New Hanover County Courthouse, Annex, City Hall, N. Third Street
North Third Street - 0 and 100 blocks, east side. The red brick New Hanover County Courthouse, is a Queen Anne building completed in 1892. A. S. Eichberg, Savannah, GA, was the architect; James F. Post, was the local supervising architect; and...
Confederacy, Monument, Memorial, Dock Street, S. Third Street, Bacon, Boney
Designed by Henry Bacon, the monument, located on the plaza at intersection of South Third and Dock streets was donated to the City of Wilmington in 1924, by Gabriel Boney. The sculptor of the two bronze figures, representing courage and...