New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Calder-Thorpe Warehouse
Vernacular style warehouse built for Phila Lazarus Calder (1806-1888), who inherited property from her father, Aaron Lazarus (1771-1841). Remained in family until purchased in 1910 by W.B. Thorpe & Company which used this and the adjacent warehouse...
Port City Architecture

A.C.L. Freight Warehouse
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Warehouses, Waterfront
This b&w photograph features an aerial view of the A.C.L. Freight Warehouse and portions of the "A" building warehouse--both of which would later serve as home of the Wilmington Railroad Museum.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Postcard of Wilmington Compress Warehouse
Wilmington Compress Warehouse, Compress, cotton, Sprunt, C. W. Yates, Eric Norden
Early 1900s postcard with a photograph by Eric Norden of C.W. Yates & Co., featuring the Wilmington Compress & Warehouse Co.
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Cape Fear River scene showing wharves of the Champion Compress and Warehouse Company.
Cape Fear River, Wharves, Champion Compress, Warehouse Company, Sprunt
Cape Fear River scene showing wharves of the Champion Compress and Warehouse Company.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Rankin & Martin Warehouse
Vernacular style warehouse built for Rankin & Martin, naval stores merchants. Purchased in 1889 by Burr & Bailey Ironworks. Acquired in 1902 by Wilmington Towing & Construction Company and occupied by W.B. Thorpe & Company, dealers in coal, wood...
Port City Architecture

1875, Wilmington Compress and Warehouse Co., 1912, Champion Compress and Warehouse Co.
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Champion Compress, Sprunt, Cotton, Shipping, Boats
This b&w image features two photographs of ships anchored in front of the Champion Cotton Compress in 1875 and 1912 taken from The City of Wilmington, The Metropolis and Port of North Carolina, Its Advantages and Interests.
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Wilmington Waterfront in 1875 and 1912.
waterfront, Wilmington Compress, Champion Compress, Cotton, Wharves, Sprunt
1875, Wilmington Compress and Warehouse Co., 1912, Champion Compress and Warehouse Co. (Taken from "Wilmington: The Metropolis and Port of North Carolina, Its Advantages and Interests, 1912, by the Chamber of Commerce.)
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

W. B. Thorpe & Co.
W. B. Thorpe & Co., Thorpe, Water Street, Ann Street
W. B. Thorpe & Co., Northeast corner of Water and Ann streets. Vernacular style warehouse built for Phila Lazarus Calder (1806-1888), who inherited property from her father, Aaron Lazarus (1771-1841). Remained in family until purchased in 1910 by...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Wilmington Terminal Warehouse Company - Foot of Castle Street.
Wilmington Terminal Warehouse Company, Castle Street
The company was owned by the Clyde Steamship Company, which operated a coastal steamship line.
Louis T. Moore Collection

Waterfront, Cape Fear River - Wilmington - Between Grace Street and Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge.
Waterfront, Cape Fear River, Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges, Wilmington Terminal Warehouse Co.
View from the west side of river shows Wilmington Terminal Warehouse Co. warehouses in the center. The Native Americans called the river, "Sapona," which is formed by the junction of the Haw and Deep Rivers in Chatham County, NC, and flows...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Books for Servicemen and Servicewomen
Reading, military, packages, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Caroleen Hall packs paperback books into cardboard boxes to be weighed before they are shipped to service men and servicewomen overseas. She is an employee of Cape Fear Bonded Warehouse, where the books are being packed.
Star-News Image Archive

Quince Building
Warehouse constructed by 1835 for the Quince family. During the Civil War occupied by auctioneers who sold goods brought into the port by blockade runners. Remained in Quince family until 1883. Purchased in 1910 by R.R. Stone and remained in family...
Port City Architecture

Tannahill
Original house built for Charles W. Worth (1861-1930), secretary-treasurer of Wilmington Terminal Warehouse Co.; and wife, Emma Walker (1867-1956), native of Asheboro, NC. Purchased and enlarged in the Neoclassical Revival style by William H....
Port City Architecture

J.W. Brooks Building
Unique over-water warehouse constructed for John Wesley Brooks (1868-1937), wholesale grocer; and wife, Rosa Jenrette (1871-1955), natives of Brunswick County. The family business, Brooks Cash Grocery Company, operated here until 1978.
Port City Architecture

Freight Warehouse & Office
Built for the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad; acquired through merger by the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad and later the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, who added the three-story freight office in 1900. Saved for preservation by Historic...
Port City Architecture

J. Haughton James House
Colonial Revival style house built for J. Haughton James (1886-1939), President of the General Insurance Agency, Inc.; and wife, Isabel Clark (1889-1991). Until 1992 residence of daughter, Isabel (1913- ), President of National Society of the...
Port City Architecture

Finberg-Monds House
Bungalow built as investment property. Residence of Louis B. Finberg (1902-1992), harbor master and vice-president of Heide Warehouse Co.; and wife, Florence Chadwick (1902-1966). Purchased in 1953 by John Monds (1921-1987), inspector with...
Port City Architecture

Tolar-Bolles House
Craftsman style bungalow built for Erasmus Hiram Tolar (1876-1944), native of Cumberland County, NC, foreman, Wilmington Terminal and Warehouse Co.; and wife, Hattie Delk (1885-1917), native of Norfolk, VA. Purchased in 1952 by Howard Henry Bowles...
Port City Architecture

Ebert-Artis House
Colonial Revival style house built for Harry Waddell Ebert (1898-1944), Wilmington Fire Department Captain; and wife, Mary Edna Zellers (1907-2001). Purchased in 1973 by Edgar W. Artis (1917-1990), warehouse manager; and wife, Carrie Davis...
Port City Architecture

Alexander Sprunt House
Regency Revival style house built for Alexander Sprunt (1890-1957), president, Alexander Sprunt and Son, cotton exporters, Wilmington Shipping and Wilmington Terminal Warehouse; and wife, Lula Clegg Frere (1891-1977), native of Franklin, LA,...
Port City Architecture

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