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    • Cape Fear River.

    • Cape Fear River.

    • Cape Fear River, Eagles Island, Point Peter, Steamer

    • A steamer is in the river in front of Eagles Island. Point Peter is in the background. The Native Americans called the river, "Sapona," which is formed by the junction of the Haw and Deep Rivers in Chatham County, NC, and flows southeasterly...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Brunswick Technical College

    • Brunswick Technical College

    • Community Colleges, Brunswick County, NC

    • "Fleging Brunswick technical College now has a temporary home and a sign at Supply. The temporary home, the school's first, is the former county extension office building. Joseph Bailey Carter, newly named "charter" president of the college,...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Confederate Monument

    • Confederate Monument

    • historical landmarks, courthouses, Pender County, NC

    • A landmark--Pender County's handsome courthouse is a backdrop for the monument recognizing the county's Confederate soldiers. The medallion identifies Major General William D. Pender, for whom the county was named. The monument was erected by the...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Fifth Avenue Methodist Church

    • Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
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    • Neo-Gothic style church built for congregation organized in 1847 to serve residents in the southern section of the city. This building, which replaced an earlier wooden structure, was dedicated on September 26, 1890. The education building, erected...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Marshall-Chasten House

    • Marshall-Chasten House
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    • Built for Thomas Marshall and for twenty years residence of Zeno H. Green. Purchased by James R. Chasten in 1885. Named Shubert Hall by Miss Susan McCann Chasten (Miss Connie), musician and teacher.
    • Port City Architecture
    • John C. Wessell House

    • John C. Wessell House
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    • Prairie style house built for John Charles Wessell (1877-1960), physician and surgeon; and wife, Isabelle Struthers (1883-1962), native of Columbus County. The New Hanover County tuberculosis hospital was named in his honor for his long service in...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Williston High School

    • Williston High School
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    • Begun in 1865 by the Freedman's Bureau as an elementary school for blacks; then operated by the American Missionary Association and named for Massachusettes benefactor Samuel Williston. It became the city's first public school for blacks when...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Wilkinson Alley

    • Wilkinson Alley
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    • Named for William Wilkinson, Colonial merchant and part owner of a rum distillery, who was a constable and Justice of the Peace. During the Revolutionary War, he served as deputy chairman of the Wilmington-New Hanover County Committee of Safety. ...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Vance Alley

    • Vance Alley
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    • Named for Samuel Vance (d. 1805), merchant, who owned the property on the south side of the alley. His widow, Mary Walker (1768-1820), operated a boarding house here, "a mecca for young immigrants from the North." Inherited by daughter, Jane...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Toomer's Alley

    • Toomer's Alley
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    • Named for Henry Toomer (1738-1799), native of South Carolina, early owner of property on the north side of the alley, including Dorsey's Tavern where George Washington dined in 1791 on his Southern Tour. Toomer was a member of the Wilmington...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Cornelius Harnett School

    • Cornelius Harnett School

    • schools, Cornelius Harnett School, James B. Dudley

    • The Cornelius Harnett School constructed in 1914, and located at 920 N. 6th St. It was named in honor of Cornelius Harnett, the revolutionary patriot. White children were educated there until it closed in 1942. It reopened in 1949 with an...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Charles Nesbitt

    • Dr. Charles Nesbitt

    • Nesbitt family, physicians, Neurologists, Public Health Officials, Housing projects, Nesbitt Courts, North Carolina Medical Society

    • Dr. Charles Torrence Nesbitt, (1870-1938), received his M.D. from Baltimore Medical College in 1903. He was Wilmington Superintendent of Health from 1911-1913, and in private practice as a Neurologist from 1907-1911 and 1923-1938. He advocated for...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Home of Mrs. Preston L . Bridgers

    • Home of Mrs. Preston L . Bridgers

    • Bridgers family, 3rd Street, Dock Street

    • Located at 100 South 3rd Street, (and Dock Streets), the home of Mary Bridgers (granddaughter of John Haywood, treasurer of North Carolina and descendant of Richard Eagles whom Eagles Island is named after) and widow of Preston L. Bridgers, son of...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Boating at Greenfield Lake

    • Boating at Greenfield Lake

    • Recreational activities, boating, WPA projects, Azaleas, parks, 3rd Street, spillways, Dr. Samuel Green

    • Canoes and rowboats being paddled between the cypress trees on Greenfield Lak where men are shown dressed in dark pants, white shirts, ties and hats. The lake was named for Dr. Samuel Green who owned a rice plantation on the site. The land was...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Orton Hotel and the Royal Theater

    • Orton Hotel and the Royal Theater

    • hotels, Theaters, Businesses, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Antique automobiles, Bicycles

    • Photograph of the Orton Hotel and the Royal Theater in downtown Wilmington, N.C. The Orton Hotel was built by Colonel Kenneth Murchison in 1888 and named for his plantation in Brunswick County. The Royal Theater was one door down fron the hotel. ...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Dr. Charles Nesbitt

    • Dr. Charles Nesbitt

    • Nesbitt Family, physicians, Neurologists, Nesbitt Court, Public Health Officers

    • Dr. Charles Torrence Nesbitt (1870-1938) was educated at the Baltimore Medical College and received his M.D. in 1903. He was in private practice as a Neurologist from 1907-1911 and from 1923-1938. He served as the Wilmington Superintendent of...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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