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Snap Shot From Upper Window of YMCA Toward 3rd and Princess Streets, Showing Orrell Livery Stable
YMCA, Third Street, Princess Streets, Orrell Livery Stable
Snap shot from upper window of YMCA toward 3rd and Princess Streets, showing Orrell Livery Stable
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

John D. Bellamy Building
Commercial building constructed as rental property for John D. Bellamy, Jr. (1854-1942), attorney and U.S. congressman; and wife, Emma May Hargrove (1857-1944), native of Hibernia Plantation, Granville County, NC. Remained in family for forty-five...
Port City Architecture

Murchison Building
Murchison Building
At eleven stories, the Murchison-First Union Building is the tallest structure in Wilmington. Built 1913-1914, Wilmington native, Kenneth M. Murchison (1872-1938) of New York, was the architect for the Neoclassical Revival building, which...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

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

Intersection of North Front Street and Chestnut Street, looking north.
Murchison Building, N. Front Street, Chestnut Street
The Murchison Building is on the corner at left. In that same 200 block of North Front Street, Bulluck Hospital and the Bijou Theater were located on the west side of the street. On the opposite corner is the south side of the Murchison/Acme...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Chestnut Street - 0 block, looking west from North Front Street.
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...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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

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, 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

Murchison Building-First Union Building - North Front Street, 200 block.
Murchison Building, First Union Building, N. Front Street
At eleven stories, the Murchison-First Union Building was the tallest structure in Wilmington until the construction of the twelve-story PPD Building in 2007. Built 1913-1914, Wilmington native, Kenneth M. Murchison (1872-1938) of New York, was the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

North Front and Chestnut streets, looking north.
N. Front Street, Chestnut Street, Murchison Building, Feast of Pirates
At eleven stories, the Murchison-First Union Building is the tallest structure in Wilmington. Built 1913-1914, Wilmington native, Kenneth M. Murchison (1872-1938) of New York, was the architect for the Neoclassical Revival building, which...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Third and Market streets.
St. James Episcopal Church, Third Street, Market Street, Carolina Apartments, Colonial Apartments
St. James Episcopal Church is at the center, with the tower of the church's Great Hall and Carolina Apartments in the distance. At left is the Colonial Apartments with its mansard roof. The top of the red brick YMCA building can be seen next to the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Panoramic view of Third Street, looking southeast.
Third Street, Courthouse, Annex, City Hall, Thalian Hall, Colonial Apartments, St. James Episcopal Church, Churches, First Baptist Church, St. Paul's Evangelical Church
View is from what looks to be from a roof top or upper floor of one of the buildings on the west side of the 300 block of North Third Street. The City Hall, New Hanover Courthouse and Annex and the Colonial Apartments are among the buildings seen...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Market Street, 300 block, north side of the street, between Third and Fourth streets.
Market Street, Third Street, Fourth Street, YMCA
At center is the red brick, four-story Y.M.C.A. Building, which was constructed in 1912-1913. This was the second home of the organization, which previously had occupied a structure on the northwest corner of North Front and Grace streets. The new...
Louis T. Moore Collection

North Front Street - View from the Atlantic Trust Building, Northeast corner, Front and Market streets, looking north.
Front Street, Market Street, Atlantic Trust Building, Murchison Building, Masonic Building
General view of North Front Street. Prominent buildings from left are: top of Masonic Building, Atlantic National Bank Building (later People's Bank), Side of Orton Hotel (see sign), Murchison Building, Tower and top of Post Office and the Cape...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northeast Cape Fear River Bridge at Hungry Bluff.
Northeast Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges, Hungry Bluff, Blossom's Ferry
The bridge was over the upper Northeast Cape Fear River north of Castle Hayne and Blossom's Ferry.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Intersection of North Second and Chestnut streets, showing the east side of the 100 block of Chestnut Street
N. Second Street, Chestnut Street, Post Office, Post Office Park, Cape Fear Hotel, Murchison Building, Murchison/Acme Building
The view is from an upper floor or roof of a building on the east side of North Second Street. Post Office Alley, the top of the Orton Hotel on Front Street, the rear of the old stone Post Office are visible across Post Office Park. The Murchison...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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