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    • William A. French House

    • William A. French House
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    • William A. French (1835-1907), a boot and shoe merchant, lived on this site. On May 10, 1871, fire destroyed the original structure. In November 1871, Mr. French completed the present structure; the plans drawn by Alex Strausz. The property...
    • Port City Architecture
    • South Third Street - 0 block; Market Street - 300 block

    • South Third Street - 0 block; Market Street - 300 block

    • St. James, Episcopal Church, Churches, Y.M.C.A., Colonial Inn, Colonial Apartments, Third Street, Markert Street

    • The front of St. James Episcopal Church is shown at right. Across Market Street is the Colonial Apartments on the corner, next to the red brick Y.M.C.A. building. Oscar Pearsall (1849-1925), a wholesale grocer, owned the handsome three-story...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • North Front Street - 200 block.

    • North Front Street - 200 block.

    • N. Front Street, Murchison, Chestnut Street

    • Chestnut Street - 100 block - north side The main buildings are (from left) the first floor of the Murchison Building, (built 1913/1914); the Murchison National Bank-Acme Building (1902) and the tall building to the left, the Cape Fear Hotel...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Babies Hospital - Wrightsville Sound.

    • Babies Hospital - Wrightsville Sound.

    • Babies Hospital, Hospitals, Wrightsville Sound

    • Dr. J. Buren Sidbury (864-1967), founder of the pediatric hospital, with his nursing staff in front of the original frame hospital building. The structure burned in 1927 and was replaced with a Mediterranean style structure.
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Bald Head Island Motel

    • Bald Head Island Motel

    • North Carolina, Brunswick County,beaches, resorts

    • Photograph is an aerial view of the Bald Head Inn. Sandbags line the edge of the property to protect the Inn from the Atlantic Ocean. The Inn later lost it's battle to erosion and the structure was taken down.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Bladen County Courthouse

    • Bladen County Courthouse

    • North Carolina, bicentennial, government buildings, monuments,

    • A 2 story brick structure at 166 Couthouse Dr. ,Elizabethtown, the county seat. The front grounds has a granite marker with "the freedom bell" set into it with the inscription "in honor of Bladen County patriots: those who have served their country...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Bystanders Watch Volunteer Firefighters

    • Bystanders Watch Volunteer Firefighters

    • CFCC, students, Wilmington, NC

    • Bystanders pulled up a handful of chairs as volunteer firefighters trained inside a condemned house. Following a day inside the structure fighting fires, the Cape FEar Community College fire training instructors allowed the house to burn. This...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Fifth Avenue Methodist Church

    • Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
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    • Neo-Gothic style church built for congregation organized in 1847 to serve residents in the southern section of the city. This building, which replaced an earlier wooden structure, was dedicated on September 26, 1890. The education building, erected...
    • Port City Architecture
    • George R. French & Sons Building

    • George R. French & Sons Building
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    • Wilmingtons first iron-front and steel-frame structure, built for George Reade French (1802-1889), native of Massachusetts, boot and shoe merchant. George R. French & Sons, established in 1822, was continued by William A. French (1835-1907) and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Gore Building

    • Gore Building
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    • Commercial structure built as rental property for Daniel Lennox Gore (1847-1925), native of Columbus County, Confederate veteran, and real estate investor. The first tenant, Pickard-Bleecker Automobile Company, sold and serviced Chalmers motor...
    • Port City Architecture
    • St. Johns Lodge

    • St. Johns Lodge
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    • Transitional Georgian-Federal style structure built for St. John's Lodge No. 1, Ancient Your Masons, and shared by Concord Chapter; Masonic mural (c. 1809) remains. Purchased in 1824 by Thomas W. Brown (1803-1872), silversmith and jeweler, who...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Mitchell-Anderson House

    • Mitchell-Anderson House
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    • Oldest surviving structure in Wilmington, Georgian style house built for Edward Mitchell (c. 1744), native of Charleston, SC, carpenter and planter. Purchased in 1828 by Thomas F. Davis (1778-1846), clerk of New Hanover County Court. Inherited in...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Robert R. Bellamy Building

    • Robert R. Bellamy Building
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    • 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
    • Mosley House

    • Mosley House
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    • Some interior framing and architectural features survive from early structure built for William Mosley (1812-1895), businessman; and wife, Margaret Mills (1824-1870s). Enlarged and altered in Queen Anne style when inherited by Levi McKoy Mosley...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Piner-McFarlane Building

    • Piner-McFarlane Building
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    • Commercial structure built along automobile row for Thomas Deveraux Piner, Sr. (1888-1969) as tire vulcanizing plant. From 1922 accommodated automotive garage, sales, and supplies. Purchased in 1944 by George McFarlane, Sr. (1895-1989), who...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Parmele-Williams House

    • Parmele-Williams House
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    • Interior framing and roof survive from early structure built for Anthony Adrian Wanet (1782-1871), native of France, merchant and planter. Purchased in 1868 by Sarah A. Bailey (1832-1916), wife of Charles H. Parmele (1828-1870), grocer. Altered in...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Seigler-Underwood Building

    • Seigler-Underwood Building
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    • Commercial structure built for Samuel Seigler (1884-1952), native of South Carolina, realtor. Purchased for rental property in 1923 by Ural Alexander Underwood (1873-1948), general contractor. Variously occupied by groceries, confectionaries, and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Wescott Grocery Store & House

    • Wescott Grocery Store & House
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    • Vernacular style store and house built for William Wescott (1840-1896), grocer, native of Brunswick County; and wife, Margaret Glass (1841-1894), native of Nassau, Bahamas. Structure moved back on lot and converted to residence in 1917 for Nathan...
    • Port City Architecture
    • McCabe-Lancaster House

    • McCabe-Lancaster House
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    • Beach house built for Harry Lee McCabe (1895-1962), grocer; and wife, Vista Mae Taylor (1902-1982). Until Hurricane Hazel (1954), used variously as summer residence, rental property and apartments. Purchased in 1955by Luke Wilson Lancaster...
    • Port City Architecture

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