New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Malcolm X Day Street Festival
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, African Americans, street fairs, ethnic clothing, sellers, music, libraries
The 2nd annual Malcom X Day street festival took place on Red Cross St. between 6th and 7th streets. A group of festival goers (mostly men) check out a vendor on the sidewalk selling a variety of Black-themed tee-shirts. The brick building that...
Star-News Image Archive

Masonic Hall
Third building constructed to house St.. Johns Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M. Until 1899 third floor used by several masonic lodges. Receptions held here for Henry Clay (1844), Daniel Webster (1847), and President James K. Polk (1849). Public Hall on...
Port City Architecture

Salvation Army Building
The Wilmington chapter of the Salvation Army was organized in 1887. After operating in various locations, this Mediterranean style building was the first to be constructed for the organization at a cost of $30,000. The cornerstone was laid April...
Port City Architecture

Temple of Israel
Moorish Revival style synagogue built for German Jewish Reform congregation that was organized in 1872. it is the oldest synagogue in North Carolina and one of the few in the United States still housed in its original nineteenth century building.
Port City Architecture

U.S. Post Office & Federal Building
Construction of the Colonial Revival style federal building provided employment during the Great Depression. W.P.A. artist, William F. Pfohl, painted the mural inside the lobby and W.P.A. sculptor, Thomas Lo Medico, created the eight bas reliefs...
Port City Architecture

Dr. Charles Harper, Builder of Harper's Sanatorium, Front and Castle St. and Nephew, Captain John Harper of Steamer Wilmington
Harper Family, Sanatorums, Steamer Companies, Wilmington
Dr. Charles T. Harper (1873-1915) was born August 10, 1873, son of Jessie Glenora Zimmerman of Baltimore (b.1875, d. 1974). He received his M.D. from The University of Maryland in 1894. He was in private practice from 1894-1915. He opened Harper's...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - North Front and Red Cross streets.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, N. Front Street, Red Cross Street
The General Offices and terminal of the railroad were in the 400-500 blocks of North Front Street. Taken from the intersection of Front and Red Cross, the photo documents Union Station. The concourse and clock tower are at center. Since the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Chestnut Street - 0 block, looking west from North Front Street.
N. Front Street, Chestnut Street, Murchison Building, Southern Building, Fire Boat.
A woman stands next to a light pole at the corner of North Front and Chestnut Street. At left is the Southern Building and at right is the Murchison Building. At the foot of the street, the Fire Boat station is visible. The five-story Southern...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Train
Since the mid-nineteenth century, Wilmington had been a railroad town, beginning with the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, which was organized in 1838, and reportedly was at one time, the longest railroad in the world. Some years later, that railroad...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Freight Office - 501 Nutt Street.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Freight Office, Nutt Street, Wilmington Railroad Museum
The freight office of the ACL Railroad dates from about 1900 and is located on Nutt Street, near the Cape Fear River. (Formerly the Wilmington Railroad Museum). The warehouse at left (519 Nutt Street) dates from the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Train Yard
The railroad's freight rail yards are depicted in this photo. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Wilmington had been a railroad town, beginning with the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, which was organized in 1838, and reportedly was at one time, the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Train Yard
The railroad's freight rail yards are depicted in this photo. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Wilmington had been a railroad town, beginning with the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, which was organized in 1838, and reportedly was at one time, the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad freight yard.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Train Yard
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad freight yard. The freight office of the ACL Railroad dates from about 1900 and is located on Nutt Street, near the Cape Fear River. (Currently [1999] the Wilmington Railroad Museum). The warehouse at left (519 Nutt...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad,
Maintenance shop area. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Wilmington had been a railroad town, beginning with the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, which was organized in 1838, and reportedly was at one time, the longest railroad in the world. Some...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Maintenance shop area. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Wilmington had been a railroad town, beginning with the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, which was organized in 1838, and reportedly was at one time, the longest railroad in the world. Some...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Freight yards
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Train Yard
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Freight yards. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Wilmington had been a railroad town, beginning with the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, which was organized in 1838, and reportedly was at one time, the longest railroad...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Union Station, N. Fourth Street
View of the railroad yards from Fourth Street, looking west toward Union Station. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Wilmington had been a railroad town, beginning with the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, which was organized in 1838, and reportedly...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad General Offices and Depot - North Front Street.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, N. Front Street, Nutt Street, Champion Compress, Point Peter
Since the mid-nineteenth century, Wilmington had been a railroad town, beginning with the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, which was organized in 1838, and reportedly was at one time, the longest railroad in the world. Some years later, that railroad...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Gregory Elementary School and Williston Industrial School, 319 South 10th Street.
Gregory Elementary School, Williston Industrial School, S. Tenth Street
Located near the corner of Seventh and Ann streets, the first school by this name was Gregory Institute, which was funded by the American Missionary Association, a missionary and educational agency of the Congregational Church. It was named for J....
Louis T. Moore Collection

Washington, NC - Beaufort County, NC.
Washington, Beaufort County, Chamber of Commerce
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Goodwill motorcade visited the town of Washington. The 1916 building in the background housed municipal offices.
Louis T. Moore Collection

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