New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

Bridgers-Fulenwider House
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Burke Haywood Bridgers (1881-1972), attorney; and wife, Helen Strange (1888-1953). At the time of death he was the oldest member of the Cape Fear Country Club where he designed the original 18 hole...
Port City Architecture

Yopp House
Colonial Revival style house built for Walter E. Yopp (1860-1933), funeral director; and wife, Emma H. Donnelly (1872-1955). He was a Wilmington city alderman for fifteen years, a New Hanover County commissioner for twenty years and a trustee of...
Port City Architecture

John Bright Hill House
Tudor style house built for Col. Walker Taylor as wedding present for his daughter, Katherine Grandison Taylor (1901-1991); and finance, Col. John Bright Hill (1897-1984). A native of Warsaw, Duplin County, he was an attorney and veteran of World...
Port City Architecture

Toomer's Alley
Named for Henry Toomer (1738-1799), native of South Carolina, early owner of property on the north side of the alley, including Dorsey's Tavern where George Washington dined in 1791 on his Southern Tour. Toomer was a member of the Wilmington...
Port City Architecture

Dr. Graham Barefoot
Barefoot family, Murray family, physicians, medicine, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Dr. Graham B. Barefoot (1900-1967), son of Napoleon Bonaparte and Freddie Blake Barefoot, was born March 1st, 1900, in Columbus County, N.C. His brother, William Frederick, was also a medical doctor. He married Elizabeth Murray and attended Wake...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Dr. Graham Barefoot
Barefoot family, physicians, medicine
Dr. Graham B. Barefoot (1900-1967), was born in Columbus County, North Carolina, March 1st, 1900. He is the son of Napoleon Bonaparte and Freddie Blake Barefoot and had one brother, William Frederick Barefoot, M.D. He married Elizabeth Murray. He...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Fire at Seashore Hotel, Wrighstville Beach, N.C., 1918-1919
beaches, hotels, Seashore Hotel, Wrightsville Beach, fires
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...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Mr. George Bellamy and Dr. Galloway
Bellamy family, Galloway family, physicians, Brunswick County
Mr. George Bellamy, also known as the "Duke" of Brunswick County, with Dr. Walter Curtis Galloway. Dr. Galloway (1851-1938), was born in Brunswick County, North Carolina.He earned his M.D. from Washington University in Baltimore (with honors) in...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Dr. John D. Bellamy
Bellamy family, Harriss family, physicians, Bellamy Mansion
Dr. John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896) was born in All Saints Parish, SC, and married Mary Priscilla Jennings Harriss in 1839. He studied medicine with Dr. William James Harriss, and, at Jefferson Medical College where he received his M.D. (1839)....
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Dr. Harlee Bellamy
Bellamy family, physicians
Dr. Robert Harllee Bellamy, son of Marsden and Harriet Harllee Bellamy, was born February 21, 1880 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He married Miss Lucy Williams Bridgers in 1912. His grandfather, John Dillard Bellamy, was also a Physician. He...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Blueberry Farm - Huntington.
Blueberry Farm, Blueberries, Huntington
A native of Sappmeer, Friesland, The Netherlands, Eelco Tinga (1882-1973) was one of the immigrants who Hugh MacRae brought to the Castle Hayne area. Located in northern New Hanover County, Castle Hayne was named for Captain Roger Haynes (died...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Dr. Ivan Brouse and Dr. Graham Barefoot
Brouse family, Barefoot family, physicians, medicine
Dr. Ivan Edwin Brouse (1898-), son of Jacob Edwin and Christina Chalmers Crosbie Brouse was born December 15th, 1898 in New Denver, B.C., Canada. His father was aldo a Medical Doctor. He married Vera Perritt and attended McGill University where he...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Dr. Ernest Bulluck
Bulluck family, physicians, Heyer family, Surgeons
Dr. Ernest Sutherland Bulluck (1888-1944), son of David William and Marie Sutherland Braswell Bulluck, was born July 26th, 1888, in Whitakers, South Carolina. He married Miss Mary Bell Heyer. His father, David William Bulluck and son, Matthew Heyer...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Main Street at Camp Davis
Camp Davis, NC
The Main Street through Camp Davis, which was abandoned 39 years ago, is streaked with tire tracks where the site has been used as a drag strip.
Star-News Image Archive

Cape Fear River - View, looking north, from the roof of the Murchison Building.
Cape Fear River, Murchison Building, Point Peter, Atlantic Coastline Railroad, N. Front Street
The river scene is of Point Peter, where the river branches into the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear Rivers. The industrial area along the waterfront and North Front Street is shown. The Atlantic Coastline General Offices complex is at the end of...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Cape Fear River - View, looking north, from the roof of the Murchison Building.
Cape Fear River, Murchison Building, Point Peter, N. Front Street, Atlantic Coastline Railroad, N. Front Street
The river scene is of Point Peter, where the river branches into the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear Rivers. The industrial area along the waterfront and North Front Street is shown. The Atlantic Coastline General Offices complex is at the end of...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Castle Hayne - Flower Farm
Castle Hayne, Flower Farm, MacRae
Located in northern New Hanover County, Castle Hayne was named for Captain Roger Haynes (died before November, 1739), who owned a colonial plantation in the area. Around the turn of the twentieth century, Hugh MacRae (1865-1951), a local developer,...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Castle Hayne Bulb Farm.
Castle Hayne, Hugh MacRae, Bulb Farm
Located in northern New Hanover County, Castle Haynes was named for Captain Roger Haynes (died before November, 1739), who owned a colonial plantation in the area. Around the turn of the twentieth century, Hugh MacRae (1865-1951), a local...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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