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    • The Reverend Andrew Howell

    • The Reverend Andrew Howell

    • New Hanover Historical Commission, Andrew Howell

    • The Reverend Andrew Howell formed and was the 1st Chairman of the New Hanover Historical Commission that was responsible for obtaining funds in order to place markers identifying historical locations within the community.
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Bellamy Mansion and Kenan Fountain

    • Bellamy Mansion and Kenan Fountain

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, John D. Bellamy, tourist attractions, historical sites, antebellum architecture, gifts,

    • Picture taken at the corner of 5th and Market St on the Carolina Apts. side. The Kenan Plaza Fountain,in the intersection of 5th & Market St., was given to the city by William Rand Kenan Jr. in 1921. The Bellamy Mansion sits in the background...
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    • Bellamy Mansion Fire

    • 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 (2)

    • 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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    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (1)

    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, 5th and Market St., historic homes, historical district, tourist attractions

    • Guests at the Bellamy Mansion, which included Jim Burns and Ben MacDonald, line up and enter at the front door for a tour of the antebellum house as part of a fund raiser for the mansion restoration.
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    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (3)

    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (3)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Historic district, historical houses, John D. Bellamy, slave quarters, museum, tourist attraction, antebellum architecture, tours

    • Photograph of the front of the Bellamy Mansion taken from across Market St. near the corner of 5th and Market St. House needs painting and repair work. A sign that says "Bellamy Mansion 1859 open" is attached to one of the large white colums near...
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    • Bellamy Mansion, Inc.

    • Bellamy Mansion, Inc.

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, fund raisers, 5th and Market St., historical district, antebellum architecture

    • Mrs. Emma Bellamy Williamson Hendren, ( in winter doublebreasted coat and purse) of the Bellamy Mansion, Inc. stands in front of the ornate wrought iron gates and fencing as the historic house looms in the background.
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    • Blockade Runner Artifact

    • Blockade Runner Artifact

    • New Hanover County, North Carolina, tourist attractions, Civil War, War Between the States, Fort Fisher State Park, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Fear River, archaeologists, divers, diving expeditions, historical sites, Kure Beach

    • Mark Wilde-Ramsing of the underwater archaeology unit at Fort Fisher examines an artifact recovered from one of the blockade runners found during a recent dive.
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    • Brown Marsh Presbyterian Church

    • Brown Marsh Presbyterian Church

    • Bladen County, North carolina, African Americans, cemeteries, historical places, religious buildings

    • This is the oldest church in Bladen County, located 2 miles north of Clarkton. Built in 1818 out of cypress by Thomas Sheridan, a free black carpenter. It is an example of the plain meeting house style of Scots Presbyterians. It and the cemetery...
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    • Cape Fear Cyclists

    • Cape Fear Cyclists

    • New Hanover County, North Carolina, bikers, bicycles, races, clubs, elected officials, holidays, Revolutionary War site, historical sites, Cape Fear River, Water St.

    • Seven participants in the Cape Fear Cyclist's Hot 100 Fun Ride string out along Highway 421 on the first leg of their 100 mile ride. The Labor Day weekend ride, with Mayor Don Betz acting as official starter, began at Riverfront Park in downtown...
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    • Confederate Monument

    • Confederate Monument

    • historical landmarks, courthouses, Pender County, NC

    • A landmark--Pender County's handsome courthouse is a backdrop for the monument recognizing the county's Confederate soldiers. The medallion identifies Major General William D. Pender, for whom the county was named. The monument was erected by the...
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    • Gun Carriage Found in the Neuse River

    • Gun Carriage Found in the Neuse River

    • New Hanover county, North Carolina, historical sites, Civil War, War Between the States, state offices,

    • Richard Lawrence, director of the underwater archaeology unit of the N.C. Division of Archives and History, paints polyethelene glycol on the gun carriage to stabilize the wood. The gun carriage was found in the Neuse River and is kept at Fort...
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    • Nineteenth Century Cistern Found at Third and Chestnut Streets

    • Nineteenth Century Cistern Found at Third and Chestnut Streets

    • Wilmington, New Hanover county, North Carolina, downtown, historical finds, archaeologists, 19th century, 1800's, rain water, containers,

    • Rita Elliott, sitting on upturned bucket at right, takes down information from Ed Glazier, center, who is inside a 19th century cistern while an unidentified worker at top of photo digs outside the cistern. It was found under the parking area at...
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    • Reenactors on 3rd Street

    • Reenactors on 3rd Street

    • Reenactments, Historic Homes, Tours, Wilmington, NC

    • Chuck Clark, (left), ,George Cole, (right), and Aaron Ritter, (back 1), are members of the 23rd NC State Confederacy Troop Company that is protecting the St. of Wilmington tonight as tonight was the start of the Old Wilmington by Candlelight Tour,...
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    • Latimer House

    • Latimer House
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    • Italianate style house built for Zebulon Latimer (1810-1881), native of Glastonbury, Connecticut, commission merchant; and wife, Elizabeth Savage (1819-1904). Remained in family unitl 1963 when purchased by the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Louis T. Moore House

    • Louis T. Moore House
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    • Shingle style house built by the heirs of Edward Kidder (1805-1885), for daughter, Annie P. Kidder (1851-1927). Purchased in 1928 by Louis Toomer Moore (1885-1961); and wife, Florence Hill Kidder (1888-1971). He was executive secretary of the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Zebulon Latimer House

    • Zebulon Latimer House
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    • Italianate style house built for Zebulon Latimer (1810-1881), native of Glastonbury, Connecticut, commission merchant; and wife, Elizabeth Savage (1819-1904). Remained in family until 1963 when purchased by the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society,...
    • Port City Architecture

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