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Wilmington High School, Originally Tileston Elementary School
high schools, Wilmington High School, Tileston Elementary School, James Walker, John A. Fox, Architects, Ann Street
Located at 400 Ann St., between South 4th and 5th Streets, Wilmington High School originally opened as the Tileston Normal School in 1872. John A. Fox was and James Walker (Supervising) were the original architects. It has since changed names and...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Point Caswell, NC
Pender County, North Carolina, rivers, homesteads, bars
This aged clapboard house in Point Caswell close to the Black River is Viola Sherman's old homestead that was originally built as a saloon in the mid to late 1800's.
Star-News Image Archive

Evans-Mercer-Tusch House
Originally a one-story cottage built for Henry C. Evans (1832-1896), native of Brunswick County. Enlarged to two-stories in 1906 by nephew, John Bascom Mercer (1855-1913), of the shoe firm Mercer & Evans; and wife, May Lilly (1869-1935), native of...
Port City Architecture

Robert R. Bellamy Building
Commercial structure built as rental property for Robert R. Bellamy (1861-1926), owner of wholesale drug business and officer of Delgado Cotton Mills. Originally constructed as a boot and shoe store; later occupied by clothing stores and jewelers....
Port City Architecture

McCulloch B. Wilson House
Originally built in bungalow-style for McCulloch Brogden Wilson (1884-1969), auditor for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Alma Kate Peschau (1890-1929). House enlarged in 1932 to Dutch Colonial Revival style after Wilson's second...
Port City Architecture

Rheinstein-Green Building
Originally a four-story Romanesque Revival style building constructed for Fredrick Rheinstein (1841-1899), native of Bavaria, wholesale dry goods merchant. The street facade was altered in the Art Moderne style in 1940 when the building was leased...
Port City Architecture

Edward E. David House
Originally built as duplex for Edward Emile David (1874-1939), president of A. David & Company, clothiers; and wife, Beatrice Liebman (1884-1966), native of Atlanta. Remained in family for sixty-five years.
Port City Architecture

Delgado School
Originally a three-room Neoclassical Revival style school built for children living in the Delgado Cotton Mill village. In 1940, renamed for Washington Catlett (1852-1934), New Hanover County educator and administrator for fifty-seven years. The...
Port City Architecture

Aerial View of Cape Fear River
Cape Fear River, Aerial
This b&w photograph, which originally appeared in the "Future Land Use Plan" for Wilmington, North, Carolina, features an aerial view of the Cape Fear River.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Aerial View of Cape Fear River
Cape Fear River, Point Peter, Northeast Memorial Bridge
This b&w photograph, which originally appeared in the "Future Land Use Plan" for Wilmington, North Carolina, features an aerial view of the Cape Fear River and downtown Wilmington and includes both Point Peter and the Cape Fear River Bridge.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

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

James Walker Memorial Hospital, Original Building, 1901-1902
hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Originally located on 10th and 11th Streets, between Grace and Red Cross Streets, the fifty-bed facility was a gift from James Walker (1828-1901), a Scottish immigrant who came to the United States in the 1840's. He died before the Hospital was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

View from Chestnut Street, Showing Southern (Heyer) Building and Brownstone Post Office
Heyer Building, post offices, Chestnut Street, historic buildings
The Southern Building, originally located at 123-124 N. Front St.,was funded by entrepeneur Matthew J. Heyer (1854-1914). The architect of the building was Charles McMillen, and Porter & Godwin of Goldsboro the contractor. The building was made of...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Original James Walker Memorial Hospital, 1903-1904
hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Originally located on 10th and 11th Streets, between Grace and Red Cross Streets, the fifty-bed facility was a gift from James Walker (1828-1901), a Scottish immigrant who came to the United States in the 1840's. He died before the Hospital was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Grace Methodist Church, 4th and Grace Streets
churches, Methodist Churches, Grace United Methodist Church, Front St., Grace St.
Showing the bell tower of Grace Methodist Church at 4th and Grace Sts. Originally started as Front Street Methodist Church in 1796. After a horrible fire in 1886, the church moved to what is now 4th and Grace. The church burned again on March 21,...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Rear Entrance, Ocean Terrace, Wrightsville Beach
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.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Naval Training Station, "Hammocks," 1917
Navy, Training Stations, Hammocks, Harbor Island
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...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Naval Training Station, "Hammocks," 1917
Navy, training station, Hammocks, Harbor Island
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...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Naval Training Station, "Hammocks," 1917
Navy, Training Stations, Hammocks, Harbor Island
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...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Naval Training Station, "Hammocks," 1917
Navy, training station, Hammocks, Harbor Island
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...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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