Laborer's houses for lumber or naval stores industries.
Since colonial times, naval stores were an important industry for not only southeastern North Carolina, but the nation as well. World commerce depended on ships with wooden hulls, tarred...
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, low-rent housing, historic houses, Cape Fear River, Castle Street, Wilmington Housing Authority
Closeup photo of a man's hands holding a ballast stone with the year 1761 etched into it. Artifact found at the Newkirk House which was at 511 Surry St. The current site of Solomon Towers.
speaker,subdivisions, seller, buyers, land, houses, country clubs, golf courses, Pender County, Hampstead, North Carolina, waterfront property, water access
Auctioneer Hal Hines, up front, auctions real estate at Belvedere Plantation to a crowd of men & women seated mostly in folding chairs under a large striped tent.
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.
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, antebellum architecture, 5th and Market St., historic houses, tourist attractions, renovations, painters,
One lone workman from Tinney Painting climbs scaffolding as restoration work is being done at the rear of the mansion.
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...
Bladen County, North Carolina, railroads, courts, police force, officers
What was once the Bladenboro train depot now houses a police station and magistrate's office. The tracks that pass by on the other side of the fence are still in use.
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, guest houses, historic buildings, downtown,
An old building at 7 S. 2nd St.( an original brick street) near the corner of Market and 2nd Streets is the proposed site of a bed & breakfast. Today this site contains Courtyard Developers, which has "Diamond Feed Store" painted on front of...
New Hanover County, nurseries, gardens, vegetables, flowers, green houses, trees, birds, ducks, farms, Swartville Rd
Glenda Wilson claps her hands to get a group of Canadian geese herded back down the dirt road to their pen at Swart U-Pick garden and greenhouse at 3020 Castle Hayne Rd. The 17 geese are owned by Dirk Swart and Ms. Wilson is employed at Swart's.
The building that houses animals at the county's Animal Control offices is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places b/c (because) it is over 50 years old.
Belville, Brunswick County, North Carolina, advertisements, businesses, historic buildings, churches, Cape Fear River,filling stations,vehicles
Shows traffic heading towards downtown Wilmington on the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. The skylight of the city shows multiple church steeples, rooftops of houses and some businesses. On the Belville side a sign advertises Orton Motel & restaurant,...
Lucy Murchison Giles (1850-1913) inherited this property in 1867 from her father Joshua Grainger Wright, Jr. In 1896, the lot was divided for two Queen Anne style houses built for rental purposes by her husband, Clayton Giles (1844-1917). The...