Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Atlantic Ocean, Banks Channel, hotels, sound, marsh, Banks Channel
Ocean view of the original building of the Blockade Runner Hotel and its partially finished 4 story addition. Five work trucks/vans are seen ( one has Whitley printed on driver's side) as well as several workers, scaffolding and ladders.
North Carolina, Brunswick County, boats, marsh, rivers, Mercury and Evinrude motors, boating, fishing
L.T. Smith, left, holds his boat (NC 6244 AS)in place as Roy Varnum jockeys his boat (NC 91278 J)out of a tight place in the Lockwood Folly River at Varnamtown. The landing is near Garland's Seafood. "Tasha D." a shrimp boat is moored behind...
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...
Queen Anne style house built for Frederick Ernest Hashagen (1855-1932), partner in firm of Vollers & Hashagen, wholesale grocers; and wife Minnie Gardner (1862-1920). Purchased in 1931 for rental use by neighbor, Robert R. Stone (1866-1955),...
A marsh view of the Carolina Beach Pavilion, showing railroad track and visitors on the porch. Three American flags fly from the rooftop. The building built by Captain John W. Harper in 1887 burned down on December 8, 1910.
Originally called, "The Hammocks, " Harbor Island was an uninhabited low lying island of sand dunes, surrounded by marsh and Wrightsville Sound on the North and southwest, and Banks Channel on the East. There was a dense growth of knotted live...
Naval Training Station at Hammocks (or Harbor Island), 1917 Originally called, "The Hammocks." Harbor Island was an uninhabited low lying island of sand dunes, surrounded by marsh and Wrightsville Sound on the North and southwest, and Banks Channel...
Originally called, "The Hammocks, " Harbor Island was an uninhabited low lying island of sand dunes, surrounded by marsh and Wrightsville Sound on the North and southwest, and Banks Channel on the East. There was a dense growth of knotted live...
Originally called, "The Hammocks, " Harbor Island was an uninhabited low lying island of sand dunes, surrounded by marsh and Wrightsville Sound on the North and southwest, and Banks Channel on the East. There was a dense growth of knotted live...
Originally called, "The Hammocks," Harbor Island was an uninhabited low lying island of sand dunes, surrounded by marsh and Wrightsville Sound on the north and southwest, and Banks Channel on the east. There was a dense growth of knotted live oaks....
A panoramic view of the beach taken from Harbor Island across Banks Channel. The Seashore Hotel is the large building at left.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds...
Originally called, "The Hammocks," Harbor Island was an uninhabited low lying island of sand dunes, surrounded by marsh and Wrightsville Sound on the north and southwest, and Banks Channel on the east. There was a dense growth of knotted live oaks....
Shore Acres, Harbor Island, Hammocks, Wrightsville Beach
Shore Acres Development at Harbor Island (Hammocks), near Wrightsville Beach.
Originally called, "The Hammocks," Harbor Island was an uninhabited low lying island of sand dunes, surrounded by marsh and Wrightsville Sound on the north and...
Designed by Henry E. Bonitz (1872-1921), a prominent turn-of-the-century Wilmington architect, the auditorium is bedecked in patriotic bunting to welcome the North Carolina Florist Association.
Originally called, "The Hammocks," Harbor Island was...