Queen Anne style house built for Andrew Howell Harriss (1872-1956), physician and surgeon; and wife, Mary Bolles (1875-1967), native of Southport, NC. Dr. Harriss served in the Spanish American and First World Wars. Two-story porch added in...
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...
A two-story brick building with lots of windows and one entrance. A lantern can be seen between the Street and sidewalk with a rosebush growing around it.
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One of the earliest hotels in Wrightsville Beach located where the Blockade Runner is today. It opened June 15, 1897. It was designed by Wilmington Architect Henry E. Bonitz. In 1910, a steel pier was constructed and was connected to the hotel...
The famous Seashore Hotel pier was built in 1910, it was 700 ft. long and was connected to the hotel veranda by boardwalk. At the end of the pier was a two-story pavillion and observation deck. The pier was damaged by a series of storms in...
The Seashore Hotel is one of the earliest hotels in Wrightsville Beach, and was located where the Blockade Runner is today. It opened June 15, 1897. It was designed by Wilmington Architect Henry E. Bonitz. In 1910, a steel pier was constructed and...
Side view of house in mill village on Wrightsville Avenue at Kent Street.
During the Civil War, the site, where the Delgado (Spofford) Cotton Mill would eventually be built, was used as a camp for Confederate troops. Entrenchments were built...
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...
This photograph shows early development on Harbor Island. The stucco house (at left) was owned by Dr. Fred Wysong. The two-story house (at center) belonged to John Colucci. At right, the Spanish Revival style house was built by the Star-News for...
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...
During the War Between the States, the site, where the Delgado (Spofford) Cotton Mill would eventually be built, was used as a camp for Confederate troops. Entrenchments were built there to protect Wilmington from possible land invasion from the...
During the War Between the States, the site, where the Delgado (Spofford) Cotton Mill would eventually be built, was used as a camp for Confederate troops. Entrenchments were built there to protect Wilmington from possible land invasion from the...
During the War Between the States, the site, where the Delgado (Spofford) Cotton Mill would eventually be built, was used as a camp for Confederate troops. Entrenchments were built there to protect Wilmington from possible land invasion from the...
During the War Between the States, the site, where the Delgado (Spofford) Cotton Mill would eventually be built, was used as a camp for Confederate troops. Entrenchments were built there to protect Wilmington from possible land invasion from the...
During the War Between the States, the site, where the Delgado (Spofford) Cotton Mill would eventually be built, was used as a camp for Confederate troops. Entrenchments were built there to protect Wilmington from possible land invasion from the...
During the War Between the States, the site, where the Delgado (Spofford) Cotton Mill would eventually be built, was used as a camp for Confederate troops. Entrenchments were built there to protect Wilmington from possible land invasion from the...
During the War Between the States, the site, where the Delgado (Spofford) Cotton Mill would eventually be built, was used as a camp for Confederate troops. Entrenchments were built there to protect Wilmington from possible land invasion from the...
During the War Between the States, the site, where the Delgado (Spofford) Cotton Mill would eventually be built, was used as a camp for Confederate troops. Entrenchments were built there to protect Wilmington from possible land invasion from the...
In the 1920s, the plant employed nearly 400 people, most of whom lived nearby in the mill village.
During the War Between the States, the site, where the Delgado (Spofford) Cotton Mill would eventually be built, was used as a camp for Confederate...