Front St., Grace St., Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, Elks club, Bear Wholesale Dry Goods Company
Stores on and near the Southwest Corner of Front and Grace Streets: First building on the left, city office of Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company. Next building to right is the Elks Club building, the corner building is the Bear Wholesale Dry Goods...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
At right is the Wooster House on the northwest corner of Third and Dock streets.
Across Dock Street on the southwest corner is the imposing stone Bridgers House. Behind the tree in the center of the plaza is the Confederate Memorial, designed by...
Garrell Building, William Hooper, N. Second Street, Mark Street, Princess Street
To the right in the photo is the Garrell Building, which was located on the southwest corner of north Second and Princess streets. On the first floor of the building is the tailor shop of George J. Simon and D. F. Barnes' Barber Shop. The Junior...
Boy's Brigade Armory, Armory, S. Second Street, Church Street
On the southeast corner of south Second and Church streets, the Boys' Brigade Armory was a large stone building, built in 1904. The Brigade was organized in 1896, by a group of Wilmington businessmen for the benefit of underprivileged boys. One of...
The Henry Latimer House (1883), with its mansard roof, is on the left on the southwest corner of Third and Orange streets. It appears in the photograph that the house has a front porch across the front, which must have been removed at a later date....
Latimer House, First Presbyterian Church, S. Third Street, Orange Street
At left on the northwest corner is the Zebulon Latimer House; and, at right is the First Presbyterian Church, rebuilt after a fire destroyed the sanctuary in 1926.
The First Presbyterian Church has been plagued by at least three fires in its...
Post Office Park, Cape Fear Hotel, Cape Fear Club, N. Second Street, Chestnut Street
This is a view across Post Office Park of the 100 block of North Second Street. From the left, is the front facade of the Cape Fear Hotel and the Cape Fear Club, located on the southwest corner of Second and Chestnut streets.
Tileston School, Schools, St. Mary's Cathedral, Churches, Fifth Avenue, Ann Street
Children in costumes pose on Tileston School playground on corner of Fifth Avenue and Ann streets. St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral is in the background.
The original school building in the middle of the block was constructed in 1871-1872 with funds from...
N. Front Street, Chestnut Street, Murchison Building, Southern Building, Fire Boat.
A woman stands next to a light pole at the corner of North Front and Chestnut Street. At left is the Southern Building and at right is the Murchison Building. At the foot of the street, the Fire Boat station is visible.
The five-story Southern...
Waterfront, Cape Fear River, Navy, Destroyer, Blue, JoWaHa, Water Street, Market Street
The U.S. Destroyer, Blue, arrives in the Port of Wilmington. The JoWaHa Building (southwest corner, South Water and Market streets) and the side of the Eilers Building on the southeast corner are shown in the photo.
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 oaks....