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    • Forshee-Sprunt House

    • Forshee-Sprunt House
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    • Italianate style house built for James M. Forshee, native of Philadelphia and partner in Kenan & Forshee, commission merchants; and wife, Sallie M. Extensively remodeled in 1920 by J. Laurence Sprunt (1866 - 1973), cotton broker; and wife, Annie...
    • Port City Architecture
    • George R. French & Sons Building

    • George R. French & Sons Building
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    • Wilmingtons first iron-front and steel-frame structure, built for George Reade French (1802-1889), native of Massachusetts, boot and shoe merchant. George R. French & Sons, established in 1822, was continued by William A. French (1835-1907) and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Captain John Harper House

    • Captain John Harper House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for Captain John W. Harper (1856-1917); and his bride, Ella C. Strupe (1878-1945). He was the owner of Wilmington and Southport Steamboat Company which operated the steamers Wilmington and Sylvan Grove. An...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Heide-Futch House

    • Heide-Futch House
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    • Neen; and wife, Catherine Exum (1834-1891). Purchased in 1898 by John W. H. Fuchs (1871-1938), grocer and proprietor of Futchs Department Store; and wife, Mary C. M. Strunck (1873-1932), natives of Germany, who Americanized their surname to...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Honnet House

    • Honnet House
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    • Italianate style house built on Sunset Hill by George Honnet (1843-1913), native of Baltimore, jeweler and watchmaker; and wife, Marie Otterbourg (1848-1913). Colossal Neoclassical portico added in 1914 by son, George (1880-1962), a jeweler. House...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Baptist Hill House

    • Baptist Hill House
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    • A Baptist meeting house occupied this site as early as 1825. Front Street Baptist Church was constructed here in 1837 and served the congregation until 1866. Converted to residence when sold to John F. Stolter (1840-1903) and John M. Bremer...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Gwyer-Walker House

    • Gwyer-Walker House
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    • William A. Gwyer, Esquire, built rear portion of house in the late 1860s. Front section of house built by James Walker, contractor and builder. This property was once owned by Marmaduke
    • Port City Architecture
    • Orton Billard & Pool Rooms

    • Orton Billard & Pool Rooms
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    • Basement is the only surviving section of Orton Hotel which was built in 1886 for Col. Kenneth Murchison (1831-1906). Billiard and pool rooms, steam laundry, bakery, and bar room installed during the 1888 enlargement by W. A. Bryan, proprietor....
    • Port City Architecture
    • Parker-Saunders House

    • Parker-Saunders House
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    • Greek Revival style house built for John A. Parker (1819-1875), house, sign and ship painter; and wife, M.A. Alway (1826-1861). Owned by Charles H. Robinson (1831-1917), commission merchant; and wife, Elizabeth White (1837-1903) from 1871 to 1904....
    • Port City Architecture
    • Purnell-Empie House

    • Purnell-Empie House
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    • Italianate style house built for Eliza Ann Purnell (1822-1890), eldest daughter of Governor Edward B. Dudley. Purchased in 1857 by Adam Empie, Jr. (1821-1877), attorney; and wife, Virginia Gwathmey (1830-1917), who added the north wing. Remained...
    • Port City Architecture
    • David Reid Murchison House

    • David Reid Murchison House
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    • Second Empire style house built for David Reid Murchison (1837-1882), native of Cumberland County, commission merchant, first President of the Produce Exchange; and wife, Lucy Wooster Wright (1850-1913). Donated in 1953 by daughter, Lucille...
    • Port City Architecture
    • John D. Bellamy Building

    • John D. Bellamy Building
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    • Commercial building constructed as rental property for John D. Bellamy, Jr. (1854-1942), attorney and U.S. congressman; and wife, Emma May Hargrove (1857-1944), native of Hibernia Plantation, Granville County, NC. Remained in family for forty-five...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Robert R. Bellamy Building

    • Robert R. Bellamy Building
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    • Commercial structure built as rental property for Robert R. Bellamy (1861-1926), owner of wholesale drug business and officer of Delgado Cotton Mills. Originally constructed as a boot and shoe store; later occupied by clothing stores and jewelers....
    • Port City Architecture
    • Joseph Loughlin House

    • Joseph Loughlin House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for Joseph J. Loughlin (1881-1918); and wife, Eleanor King (1885-1941). He was Secretary/Treasurer of New Hanover Transit Company, a primary developer of Carolina Beach. An infantry captain, he was killed in France...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Frederick J. Lord House

    • Frederick J. Lord House
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    • Built in the Italianate style as rental property for Frederick J. Lord (1803-1890), proprietor of Cape Fear Machine Works and Spanish vice-consul. Neoclassical Revival changes (brick veneer and porch) made by James Crocket Williams (1885-1943),...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Morse-Willard-Rhodes House

    • Morse-Willard-Rhodes House
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    • Front section of house built on adjacent lot by Christopher C. Morse (1824-1891), grocer. Moved and enlarged in Queen Anne style for Martin Stevenson Willard (1858-1933), insurance agent and president of Willard Bag and Manufacturing Company. ...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Munds Drug Store

    • Munds Drug Store
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    • Commercial building constructed as rental property for Solomon (1832-1904), Samuel (1837-1903) and Marcus (1843-1887) Bear, natives of Bavaria, Germany, and dry goods merchants. Remained in Bear family until 1985. James Dickinson Munds (1855-1893)...
    • Port City Architecture
    • J.W. Murchison House

    • J.W. Murchison House
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    • French eclectic style house built for Joel Williams Murchison (1853-1926), founder of J. W. Murchison Co., wholesale hardware; and wife, Loulie Hay Atkinson (1860-1922). Front and south porches removed c.1933 and entry added. House remains in the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • McClammy-Powell House

    • McClammy-Powell House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for Richard Price McClammy (1874-1955), editor and publisher of The Evening Dispatch; and wife, Janie L. Bryan (1876-1918). Purchased in 1948 by Pender County natives, Carl Flay Powell, Sr. (1906-1990),...
    • Port City Architecture

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