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    • U.S. Custom House

    • U.S. Custom House
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    • This massive Neoclassical Revival style building took three years to construct during World War I. The pedimented facades of the flanking wings are copies of the 1843 Greek Revival style custom house that stood previously on the site. In 1965, the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Sprunt and Dudley Mansion

    • Sprunt and Dudley Mansion

    • Dudley family, Sprunt family, Front St., Nun St., Governors, mansions

    • The stately mansion on the corner of Front and Nun streets has been the home of several prominent families. It is thought to have been constructed about 1825 by Governor Dudley (1789-1855). In 1836, he became the first popularly elected Governor of...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • U.S. Post Office (1889-1891) - rear view.

    • U.S. Post Office (1889-1891) - rear view.

    • Post Office, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street

    • The post office is viewed from north Second Street across Post Office Park. The park was a gathering place for local citizens. During the World Series, the park was very popular, especially before radio became wide-spread. Crowds would congregate...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • U.S. Post Office Building (1889-1891).

    • U.S. Post Office Building (1889-1891).

    • Post Office, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street

    • The massive stone post office with tower and fine Romanesque detailing was built on this site in 1889-91. The architect of the building was W. A. Freret, supervising architect, U.S. Department of the Treasury. Memorial or Armistice Day display is...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Beach, Blockade Runner, Confederacy, Civil War

    • Fort Fisher Beach, showing exposed wreck of a blockade runner. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Battle Acre, Monument, Daughters of the Confederacy, Confederacy, Civil War

    • "Battle Acre," with flag and monument, erected by the United Daughters of Confederacy. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Federal Point, Beach, Civil War

    • Federal Point landscape. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the last port to be captured by Union...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Beach, Erosion, Civil War, Confederacy

    • Fort Fisher Beach and Mound, showing erosion. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the last port to be...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher - ca. 1935.

    • Fort Fisher - ca. 1935.

    • Fort Fisher, Beach, Waddell, deRossett, Henderson

    • Fort Fisher Mounds and Beach looking east. Gabriella deRosset Waddell is the older woman pictured here, with Archibald Henderson on the left. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Beach, Road

    • Fort Fisher Road and mounds. Long distance view of site. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the last...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Beach, Road

    • Fort Fisher mounds and road. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the last port to be captured by Union...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher mounds and beach.

    • Fort Fisher mounds and beach.

    • Fort Fisher, Beach, Erosion

    • Fort Fisher mounds and beach. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the last port to be captured by...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Federal Point.

    • Federal Point.

    • Fort Fisher, Civil War, Federal Point, Battery Buchanan, The Rocks

    • "Battery Buchanan" and "The Rocks," below Fort Fisher. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the last...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Federal Point - Fort Fisher.

    • Federal Point - Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Federal Point, Blackjack Oaks

    • Landscape with blackjack oaks. Area near the Cape Fear River. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Federal Point - Fort Fisher.

    • Federal Point - Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Federal Point, Blackjack Oaks

    • Landscape with blackjack oaks. Area near the Cape Fear River. A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about twenty miles from Wilmington on the tip of the Federal Point peninsula. The fort protected the Port of Wilmington, which was the...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher.

    • Fort Fisher, Hotel Café, Confederacy, Civil War

    • Fort Fisher Beach and Hotel Café building. Note erosion. Written on the original photo: "Three years ago the rear end of this building stood at the point of this stake." (Stake marked with x) A Confederate stronghold, Fort Fisher is located about...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection

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