New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Bellamy Mansion Fire
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, 5th and Market St.. fires, antebellum architecture, historic houses, historical district, mansions
Emma Bellamy Hendren, with lit cigarette and an instamatic camera (with flash bulb attached) in right hand and manilla envelope in left, stares at the charred walls as William Lloyd looks through the doorway back at Ms. Hendren.
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Bellamy Mansion Fire (1)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, historic places, slave quarters, Market St and 5th St., mansions, fires, antebellum architecture
A burned area around one of the marbalized slate fireplaces on the ground floor in the Bellamy Mansion. 2 small glass containers and a framed needlepoint (God bless our home) rests on the mantle.
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Bellamy Mansion Fire (2)
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, historical district, historic buildings, 5th & Market St, mansions, fires, antique furniture, antebellum architecture
The terrible destruction caused by a fire in the Bellamy Mansion is shown by the debris littered floor, peeling wallpaper, scorched furniture [sideboards, table holding condiment containers, silver water pitcher and silver covered dish] in what...
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Bystanders Watch Volunteer Firefighters
CFCC, students, Wilmington, NC
Bystanders pulled up a handful of chairs as volunteer firefighters trained inside a condemned house. Following a day inside the structure fighting fires, the Cape FEar Community College fire training instructors allowed the house to burn. This...
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Fire at Seashore Hotel, Wrighstville Beach, N.C., 1918-1919
beaches, hotels, Seashore Hotel, Wrightsville Beach, fires
One of the earliest hotels in Wrightsville Beach located where the Blockade Runner is today. It opened June 15, 1897. It was designed by Wilmington Architect Henry E. Bonitz. In 1910, a steel pier was constructed and was connected to the hotel...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

First Presbyterian Church, Present Day
churches, presbyterian churches, First Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Church has been plagued by at least three fires in its history. Dating from 1818, the first church was located in the 100 block of South Front Street between Dock and Orange streets. It burned in 1819 and another church was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

First Presbyterian Church, 121 S. 3rd St., Front Entrance, 3rd Building
Churches, Gothic-Revival, fires, Wilson family, Architects, Samuel Sloan, South Third Street, Orange Street
The third church, (the two previous churches destroyed by fire) located at 121 South Third Street, was designed in Gothic-Revival style by Architect Samuel Sloan. Reverend Joseph R. Wilson, (Woodrow Wilson's father), was minister from 1874-1885. On...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Orton Hotel Fire Scene
hotels, Orton Hotel, fires
The Orton Hotel was built by Colonel Kenneth Murchison in 1888 and named for his plantation in Brunswick County. The building was destroyed in a fire on January 21, 1949.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Scene After Destructive Fire at Wrightsville Beach in 1918
hotels, fires, beaches, Wrightsville Beach, Seashore Hotel
Another scene after the 1918 fire that destroyed the Seashore Hotel at Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Front St. Methodist Church on Fire
churches, Methodist Church, Front St., fires
old Methodist Church on Front Street, destroyed by fire on Sunday, February 21, 1886
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

First Presbyterian Church - Front and Orange Sts., 1820
First Presbyterian Church, Churches, S. Front Street, Orange Street, Dock Street
The First Presbyterian Church has been plagued by at least three fires in its history. Dating from 1818, the first church was located in the 100 block of South Front Street between Dock and Orange streets. It burned in 1819 and another church was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

The Original First Presbyterian Church, S. Front St., Between Dock and Orange
churches, Episcopal churches, Wilmington,
The First Presbyterian Church has been plagued by at least three fires in its history. Dating from 1818, the first church was located in the 100 block of South Front Street between Dock and Orange streets. It burned in 1819 and another church was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Orton Hotel Fire
hotels, Orton Hotel, fires
Orton Hotel in downtown Wilmington, N.C. was built by Colonel Kenneth Murchison in 1888 and named for his plantation in Brunswick County. The building was destroyed in a fire on January 21, 1949.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

First Presbyterian Church, Third and Orange Streets
First Presyterian Church, Third Street, Orange Street
The First Presbyterian Church has been plagued by at least three fires in its history. Dating from 1818, the first church was located in the 100 block of South Front Street between Dock and Orange streets. It burned in 1819 and another church was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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