This divided back linen postcard features an illustration depicting the Ocean Terrace Hotel (formerly known as the Seashore Hotel) at Wrightsville Beach from the Steel Pier.
beaches, Wrightsville Beach, hotels, Ocean Terrace Hotel
Originally the Seashore Hotel, the Ocean Terrace Hotel was leased by Mrs. J.A. Snyder who changed the name in 1935. It was damaged by hurricane Hazel in 1954, and burned to the ground one year later.
Ocean Terrace Hotel, Hotels, Wrightsville Beach, Beaches
About 1935, Mrs. J. A. Snyder leased the old Sea Shore Hotel and renamed it the Ocean Terrace Hotel. It was badly damaged by Hurricane Hazel in 1954 and burned to the ground the following year. The Blockade Runner Hotel, which was opened in 1964,...
The southern extension of Wrightsville Beach was once called Ocean View Beach after the development company that owned that part of the beach.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage...
Ocean Avenue is no longer there, lost to severe beach erosion. The cottages on either side of the Moore cottage were burned in the devastating fire of 1934, which destroyed all of the buildings on the northern extension. Note the typical wicker...
Florence Kidder Moore and her daughters, Florence Moore Dunn and Margaret (Peggy) Moore Perdew pose among sea oats on a sand dune in front of the Moore cottage on Ocean Avenue at Wrightsville Beach.
Ocean Avenue is no longer there, lost to severe...
New Hanover County, Atlantic Ocean, Intracoastal Waterway, sound
The Blockade Runner Hotel was the first modern high-rise hotel on Wrightsville Beach, designed by Oliver & Smith, architects, of Norfolk, Virginia. The seven story brick building contained 120 rooms, each with a view of the ocean or Banks Channel....
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.