New Hanover County, North Carolina, tourist attractions, Civil War, War Between the States, Fort Fisher State Park, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Fear River, archaeologists, divers, diving expeditions, historical sites, Kure Beach
Mark Wilde-Ramsing of the underwater archaeology unit at Fort Fisher examines an artifact recovered from one of the blockade runners found during a recent dive.
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...
The massive yellow brick building was built 1920-1922 by W. J. Wilkins & Co.,Architects. The building formally replaced Wilmington High School, which was located in the Tileston School building at Fifth and Ann streets. In 1922, with an enrollment...
Carolina Beach, Hotel Royal Palm, Fountain's Rooms and Apartments, Hotels
People pose on the front porch of the Royal Palm Hotel. Fountain's Rooms and Apartments are next door to the right.
Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by...
S. Front Street, Nun Street, Sprunt, Governor Edward B. Dudley Mansion,
The imposing mansion on the corner of Front and Nun streets has been the home of several prominent families. The house is thought to have been constructed about 1825 by Governor Dudley (1789-1855). In 1836, he became the first popularly elected...
Ann Street, S. Fourth Street, S. Fifth Avenue, Tileston School, Schools
Children in costume in Tileston School yard on the Fourth Street side. One of the city's boundary oaks is at left. In 1740, the oak tree marked the south east boundary of the town of Wilmington. In the eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth...
Hotel Royal Palm, Fountain's Rooms and Apartments, Carolina Beach
Hotel Royal Palm is in the center. Next door to right, is Fountain's Rooms and Apartments.
Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An...
Pine Forest Cemetery, Cemeteries, Hargrove, Monument, Blacksmith
Alfred Hargrove (1819-1898) was an African-American blacksmith, who practiced his trade in Wilmington for over fifty years. After his interment, his anvil was placed on a granite stone at his grave. The hammer, which he used, was welded to the...
Carolina Beach is located on the Federal Point peninsula, bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, and on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. An attempt was made to settle the area in the early 1880s by Joseph Winner (1843-1902) and his...
At left, on the corner of South Front and Orange Streets is the Stemmerman Building, formerly owned by Claus Stemmerman (1825-1892), a native of Beverstedt, Hannover, Germany. He operated a grocery store on this corner from 1860 until his death in...