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    • Murchison Building

    • Murchison Building

    • Murchison Building

    • At eleven stories, the Murchison-First Union Building is the tallest structure in Wilmington. Built 1913-1914, Wilmington native, Kenneth M. Murchison (1872-1938) of New York, was the architect for the Neoclassical Revival building, which...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • North Front Street - 200 block.

    • North Front Street - 200 block.

    • N. Front Street, Murchison, Chestnut Street

    • Chestnut Street - 100 block - north side The main buildings are (from left) the first floor of the Murchison Building, (built 1913/1914); the Murchison National Bank-Acme Building (1902) and the tall building to the left, the Cape Fear Hotel...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Fourth Street - 0 block.

    • Fourth Street - 0 block.

    • St. James Episcopal Church, Cemetery, Graves, Fourth Street

    • On the left side is St. James Episcopal Church Graveyard, the site of a 1787 duel between Samuel Swann and John Bradley. Note that the street’s paving material is brick. Southwest corner of Fourth and Market streets. Located on the southwest...
    • Louis T. Moore 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
    • South Third Street - 800 block

    • South Third Street - 800 block

    • S. Third Street, Dry Pond

    • The area of Wilmington south of Castle Street is known as Dry Pond. As its name implies, a number of years ago there was a pond in this section which eventually dried up. The exact location of the pond is unknown. The pond was most likely on South...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • South Third Street near Marstellar Street.

    • South Third Street near Marstellar Street.

    • S. Third Street, Marstellar Street, Dry Pond

    • This area is known as Dry Pond. The area of Wilmington south of Castle Street is known as Dry Pond. As its name implies, a number of years ago there was a pond in this section which eventually dried up. The exact location of the pond is unknown....
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Bellevue Cemetery.

    • Bellevue Cemetery.

    • Bellevue Cemetery, Cemeteries, Graves

    • The cemetery, incorporated in 1872, is located on Princess Place Drive (formerly the Old New Bern Road), west of Burnt Mill Creek, and contains about fifteen acres. The date of the first burial is unknown, but by April of 1878, there appears...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Naval Stores.

    • Naval Stores.

    • Naval Stores, Rosin, Resin, Turpentine, Tar, Eagles Island

    • 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 riggings and sails, making pitch, tar, turpentine and rosin...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Naval Stores industry.

    • Naval Stores industry.

    • Naval Stores, Turpentine, Distillery

    • Turpentine distillery at an unknown site. 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 riggings and...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • St. James Episcopal Church Graveyard.

    • St. James Episcopal Church Graveyard.

    • St. James Episcopal Church, Churches, Cemetery

    • Southwest corner of Fourth and Market streets. Located on the southwest corner of Fourth and Market streets (Block 154), the earliest mention of St. James' Graveyard was in 1781, during the British occupation of Wilmington, although a portion of...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Princess Street - 200 block.

    • Princess Street - 200 block.

    • Princess Street, Feast of Pirates, Robber's Row

    • The north side of the block contains a number of business establishments of interest. The Barrel Cleaners was owned by Tassie N. Costello, a native of Greece, who continued at the same location until the 1970s. Next to the cleaners is the Wilder...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Castle Hayne Bulb Farm.

    • Castle Hayne Bulb Farm.

    • Castle Hayne, Hugh MacRae, Bulb Farm

    • Located in northern New Hanover County, Castle Haynes was named for Captain Roger Haynes (died before November, 1739), who owned a colonial plantation in the area. Around the turn of the twentieth century, Hugh MacRae (1865-1951), a local...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Naval Stores.

    • Naval Stores.

    • Naval Stores, Pine Tree, Resin, Rosin, Turpentine, Tar

    • Workers hack a pine tree to tap for resin. 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 riggings and...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Pembroke Park

    • Pembroke Park

    • Pembroke Park, Pembroke Jones, Park, Landfall

    • Pembroke Jones’ Lodge and Garden with gazebo (Now the site of Landfall). Pembroke Jones (1858-1919), a native of Wilmington, spent much of his time in New York and Newport, RI, but he always returned to the city of his birth. In 1902, he...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Castle Hayne - Flower Farm

    • Castle Hayne - Flower Farm

    • Castle Hayne, Flower Farm, MacRae

    • Located in northern New Hanover County, Castle Hayne was named for Captain Roger Haynes (died before November, 1739), who owned a colonial plantation in the area. Around the turn of the twentieth century, Hugh MacRae (1865-1951), a local developer,...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection

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