Cottage built for Rhetta Morris (1842-1910), midwife; and husband, Simon Morris (c. 1840-1882), carpenter and member of Love & Charity Benevolent Association. Purchased in 1927 by her daughter-in-law, Theresa Chrissie Topson (1865-1935), native of...
Page 2 of letter from Eliza Mumford Owen to her husband, James Owen, dated the Friday the 27th (either September or December, according to an 1822 calendar). Eliza writes from Milton, their family home, that she does not like to be separated from...
Page 3 of letter from Eliza Mumford Owen to her husband, James Owen, dated the Friday the 27th (either September or December, according to an 1822 calendar). Eliza writes from Milton, their family home, that she does not like to be separated from...
Page 1 of letter from Eliza Mumford Owen to her husband, James Owen, dated the Friday the 27th (either September or December, according to an 1822 calendar). Eliza writes from Milton, their family home, that she does not like to be separated from...
Gaye McClanahan and her husband, Bill, serve chowder up to the hordes of people attending the 6th annual Azalea Coast Chowder Contest. Their restaurant is the the Terrace Inn.
Louis Compo (left) and his wife, Betty, along with Madeleine Robertson and her husband, John Robertson, were touring the lighthouse grounds on Bald Head Island. The couples from Long Beach were visiting the island for the first time.
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, gyms, weddings,
Maureen (Rogers) Lewis, in a light colored dress carrying a bouquet of daisies, and new husband Jerry Robert Lewis, walking beside her,were married in the gymnasium at the YMCA on Market St. Maureen is the physical director of the YMCA and the...
Craftsman style bungalow built as investment property for Newton Fisher (1889-1951). Purchased in 1923 by Norwood Leslie Foy (1891-1990), native of Scotts Hill, NC, partner in Foy-Roe & Company, retail clothing; and wife, Elizabeth Southerland...
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Cammie Lord Holloway (1874-1960); and husband, Elisha Lambert Holloway (1869-1947), clerk at Angola Lumber Company. From 1910 to 1914, residence of Joseph Schad, contractor and builder, who constructed...
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...
Built by F.J. Gooding, superintendent of Hilton Lumber Co., as investment property. Sold in 1905 to Florence V. Lawton (1856-1924) who resided here with her sister, Anna Lawton Grant (1858-1942) and her husband, Richard H. Grant (1845-1912), master...
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...
Italianate style house built for Mary Jane Halsey Langdon (1799-1883), widow of Samuel Langdon (1786-1832), merchant, to replace residence that burned. Inherited by granddaughter Jane Young (1849-1930), and husband, Thomas D. Meares, C.S.A....
Summer cottage built for Jane Parsley (1838-1916); and husband, Capt. Henry Russell Savage (1834-1904), Confederate veteran and partner in the firm of O.G. Parsley & Company, commission merchants. Remained in family until 1941. Purchased in 1957 by...
Queen Anne style house built for George W. Williams (1834-1899) as residence for his daughter, Maggie M. Holladay (1865-1899). Her husband William W. Holladay (1865-1940), native of Richmond, VA, designed the elevations of the house. Mrs. Holladay...
Cottage built as rental property for Joseph Howard Hanby (1843-1905); and wife, Adrienne Kelly Wilson (1848-1913), who owned the house and store to the east. Purchased in 1962 by Maggie Williams McLean (1908-1999); and husband, William McLean...
Italianate style house built for Henry A. Glameyer (1853-1886), grocer and liquor dealer; and wife, Beta Tietgen (1857-1952), natives of Germany. Their daughter, Wilhelmina Glameyer (1877-1923); and husband, J. Theodore Runge (1871-1929), also...
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Cammie Lord Holloway (1874-1960); and husband, Elisha Lambert Holloway (1869-1974), clerk at Angola Lumber Company. From 1910 to 1914, residence of Joseph Schad, contractor and builder, who constructed...
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Elizabeth Dunkel Hutaff (1883-1960), native of Richmond, VA; and husband, William J. Hutaff (1881-1925). He was secretary-treasurer of the Wilmington Coca-Cola Bottling Works. Upon his death, his wife...