Roads, Old Wrightsville Road, Shell Road, Bradley Creek
The privately built Shell Road or Wilmington Turnpike was constructed in 1874-1875 from Wilmington to the sounds and immediate coastal areas. The road began at Sixteenth and Dock streets and followed the route that is roughly today's (1999)...
Roads, Old Wrightsville Road, Shell Road, Turnpike
The privately built Shell Road or Wilmington Turnpike was constructed in 1874-1875 from Wilmington to the sounds and immediate coastal areas. The road began at Sixteenth and Dock streets and followed the route that is roughly today's (1999)...
The privately built Shell Road or Wilmington Turnpike was constructed in 1874-1875 from Wilmington to the sounds and immediate coastal areas. The road began at Sixteenth and Dock streets and followed the route that is roughly today's (1999)...
Roads, Wrightsville Beach, Wrightsville Sound, Shell Road
Note white-washed trees, which were popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
The privately built Shell Road or Wilmington Turnpike was constructed in 1874-1875 from Wilmington to the sounds and immediate coastal areas. The road began at Sixteenth and Dock...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Station One, Beach Car
The car line followed roughly what is now Lumina Avenue.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a...
The view is of the commercial district in the heart of downtown, roughly bounded by Market Street, North Second Street, North Fourth Street and Chestnut Street. Prominent buildings shown include City Hall, red brick courthouse, Colonial Apartments,...
A panoramic aerial view taking in most of downtown Wilmington from the Cape Fear River to roughly Fifth Avenue, including a portion of Eagles Island on the west side of the river. Note the Coast Guard cutter docked at the Government Wharf at the...