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    • Bellamy Mansion and Kenan Fountain

    • Bellamy Mansion and Kenan Fountain

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, John D. Bellamy, tourist attractions, historical sites, antebellum architecture, gifts,

    • Picture taken at the corner of 5th and Market St on the Carolina Apts. side. The Kenan Plaza Fountain,in the intersection of 5th & Market St., was given to the city by William Rand Kenan Jr. in 1921. The Bellamy Mansion sits in the background...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Bellamy Mansion Renovation

    • Bellamy Mansion Renovation

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, antebellum architecture, 5th and Market St., historic houses, tourist attractions, renovations, painters,

    • One lone workman from Tinney Painting climbs scaffolding as restoration work is being done at the rear of the mansion.
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    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (1)

    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (1)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, 5th and Market St., historic homes, historical district, tourist attractions

    • Guests at the Bellamy Mansion, which included Jim Burns and Ben MacDonald, line up and enter at the front door for a tour of the antebellum house as part of a fund raiser for the mansion restoration.
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    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (3)

    • Bellamy Mansion Tours (3)

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Historic district, historical houses, John D. Bellamy, slave quarters, museum, tourist attraction, antebellum architecture, tours

    • Photograph of the front of the Bellamy Mansion taken from across Market St. near the corner of 5th and Market St. House needs painting and repair work. A sign that says "Bellamy Mansion 1859 open" is attached to one of the large white colums near...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Blockade Runner Artifact

    • Blockade Runner Artifact

    • 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.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Boating on Cape Fear River

    • Boating on Cape Fear River

    • New Hanover County, Wilmington, Guilford, Randolph, Davidson and Forsyth counties, ships, rivers, tourist attractions, WWII, boating

    • The first boat over 30 feet to be built of fiberglass, the "Knit Wit", which is actually 41 ft, moves up the Cape Fear River in front of the battleship U.S.S. North Carolina. The boat was built by Hatteras Yachts in High Point in 1960.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Greenfield Lake Duck Crossing

    • Greenfield Lake Duck Crossing

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, lakes, birds, driving hazards, tourist attractions

    • A woman motorist stops her station wagon for ducks and geese that are crossing the road on West Lake Shore Dr. There is an informational sign that tells motorists it is a duck crossing.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Painting Entrance to Airlie Gardens

    • Painting Entrance to Airlie Gardens

    • Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, advertisements, azaleas, billboards, tourist attractions, flowers, gardens, Intracoastal Waterway

    • David King of Naegele outdoor advertising hand paints a new Airlie Gardens entrance sign at the corner of Airlie Rd and Oleander Dr., near Wrightsville Beach.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Perdew-Koonce House

    • Perdew-Koonce House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for William Edgar Perdue (1865-1934), civic leader and partner in J. W. Murchison & Son., hardware wholesalers. Purchased in 1946 by Henry Farrior Koonce (1897-1976), salesman; and wife Alda Howard...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Burgwin-Wright House

    • Burgwin-Wright House

    • historic houses, tourist attractions, 18th century, decorative iron fence, gates, magnolia tree

    • Modern view of the front of the Burgwin-Wright House at the corner of 3rd and Market Streets. Built in 1770, it is a good example of an eighteenth century townhouse. It was the British General Cornwallis' headquarters during the Revolutionary War.
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion

    • A large gathering on the beach in front of Lumina. Note movie screen on left. 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...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion

    • A crowd assembles on ocean side of Lumina. 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 chain of barrier...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Lumina Pavilion, Lumina, Wrightsville Beach, Beaches

    • In 1901, the beach car line from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach was sold by the Wilmington and Seacoast Railroad to the Consolidated Railways, Light and Power Company (later the Tidewater Power Co.) and shortly thereafter, the line was converted...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion, Race

    • A crowd watches a foot race on the beach in front of Lumina. In 1901, the beach car line from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach was sold by the Wilmington and Seacoast Railroad to the Consolidated Railways, Light and Power Company (later the...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina - Movie screen.

    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina - Movie screen.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion, Movie Screen

    • The view of the outdoor movie screen at Lumina is taken from the upper level of the famous landmark. Silent movies were shown nightly during the summer season. In 1901, the beach car line from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach was sold by the...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Wrightsville Beach - Lumina.

    • Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Lumina, Lumina Pavilion, Movie Screen

    • View from the upper story of the famous pavilion, looking east at bathers in the ocean. Note movie screen at extreme left. Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and...
    • Louis T. Moore Collection

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