Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Water Towers, Banks Channel
The taller of the two towers on Banks Channel is 165 feet high.
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,...
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, low-rent housing, historic houses, Cape Fear River, Castle Street, Wilmington Housing Authority
Closeup photo of a man's hands holding a ballast stone with the year 1761 etched into it. Artifact found at the Newkirk House which was at 511 Surry St. The current site of Solomon Towers.
Stall operators show off their wares in the interior of the market.
The City Market at 120-124 South Front Street, was built in 1879-1880 by the Wilmington Market Company and was sold to the City of Wilmington in 1882. The building was a two-story...
The City Market at 120-124 South Front Street, was built in 1879-1880 by the Wilmington Market Company and was sold to the City of Wilmington in 1882. The building was a two-story structure, with two towers on Front Street. In 1919, the market...
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, advertisements, waterfront, downtown, Cape Fear Technical Institute, CFCC, Solomon Towers, Murchison building, barges, freighters, Almont shipping,
The framework for a billboard looms over the Wilmington riverfront from the west bank of the Cape Fear River near the northeast Cape Fear River bridge, showing river traffic and industry of downtown.
churches, residences, Protestant, banks, Physicians, Atlantic Trust & Banking Company
View from the roof of the Trust Building (Front & Market Sts.), looking East - South of downtown, 1912-1915. The photo shows the deRosset House , the towers of St. Mary's Catholic Church, and the steeple of First Presbyterian Church.
St. James Church, Churches, Temple of Israel, Cemeteries, S. Fourth Street, Market Street
Grave of Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781), Revolutionary patriot and statesman. Harnett was born in Wilmington and was an early supporter of independence. He served in the Continental Congress as a delegate from North Carolina from 1777 to 1780. He...
Fourth Street, Market Street, First Baptist Church, Temple of Israel, Churches, Wilmington Light Infantry, Armory
The Harnett Obelisk (center), just east of the center of the intersection of Market and Fourth streets, was erected by the North Carolina Society of the Colonial Dames in 1906, to the colonial heroes of the Lower Cape Fear, including Cornelius...