New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Parade of Returning First World War Soldiers
First World War, 81st Division, parade, World War I, horse, horses
Crowds line the West corners of North Front and Princess streets of Wilmington, N.C., for a parade of returning First World War soldiers in 1919. The center displays a horse drawn vehicle draped with the 81st "Wildcat" Division banner. The 81st...
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 - 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

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

Another Front View, First Presbyterian Church
churches, First Presbyterian 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

First Presbyterian Church (Present Day)
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

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

First Presbyterian Church - South Third Street - 100 block and Orange Street.
First Presbyterian Church, Churches, S. 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...
Louis T. Moore 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

South Third Street - 100 block; Orange Street, 300 block.
First Presbyterian Church, S. Third Street, Orange Street
First Presbyterian Church (1859-61, Samuel Sloan, architect) is in ruins, following a disastrous fire on December 31, 1925. Dating from 1818, the first church was located in the 100 block of South Front Street between Dock and Orange streets. It...
Louis T. Moore Collection

View of City of Wilmington from the Atlantic Trust Building at Front and Market streets.
Front Street, Market Street, Courthouse, Churches, First Baptist Church, Carolina Apartments, St. James Episcopal Church, Burgwin-Wright, deRosset, First Presbyterian Church
View of City of Wilmington from the Atlantic Trust Building at Front and Market streets, looking east up Market Street. From left is: Tidewater Power Building (with Motte Business College sign), the Court House, spire of First Baptist Church,...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Tileston School
The original Italianate style center section was financed by philanthropist Mary Tileston Hemenway (1820-1894) and designed by John A. Fox, both of Boston, MA; James Walker, local supervising architect; Strausz & Rice of Wilmington, builders....
Port City Architecture

Tileston School
The original Italianate style center section was financed by philanthropist Mary Tileston Hemenway (1820-1894) and designed by John A. Fox, both of Boston, MA; James Walker, local supervising architect; Strausz & Rice of Wilmington, builders. ...
Port City Architecture

First Church of Christ Scientist
churches, Christ Scientist, 17th Street, Market Street, Temple Baptist Church, Baptist churches
The First Church of Christ Scientist, located on the Southeast corner of 17th and Market Streets, was constructed in 1907. The first congregation was organized by Mary Bridgers (1866-1910), a devout founding member who purchased 32 acres of land on...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Carolina Heights
Carolina Heights, New Hanover County, churches, neighborhoods, North Carolina, First Church of Christ, Neoclassical Revival
Street scenes of Carolina Heights at 17th and Princess Streets, and 17th and Market Streets in Wilmington, N.C. The top image shows the streetcar tracks running down the street. Streetcars allowed residents to live at the edge of town, thus...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

North Front Street - 200 block.
N. Front Street, Murchison, Chestnut Street
Chestnut Street - 100 block - north side The main buildings are (from left) the first floor of the Murchison Building, (built 1913/1914); the Murchison National Bank-Acme Building (1902) and the tall building to the left, the Cape Fear Hotel...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Murchison Building-First Union Building - North Front Street, 200 block.
Murchison Building, First Union Building, N. Front Street
At eleven stories, the Murchison-First Union Building was the tallest structure in Wilmington until the construction of the twelve-story PPD Building in 2007. Built 1913-1914, Wilmington native, Kenneth M. Murchison (1872-1938) of New York, was the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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