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    • Grant-Stevenson House

    • Grant-Stevenson House
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    • North wing, c. 1875, built for Ruben Grant (1810-1880), Methodist minister; and wife, Sarah Ann Dawson (1823-1888). South wing, c. 1872, built for James C. Stevenson (1847-1907), wholesale grocer; and wife, Elizabeth J. Smith (1850-1919). Son,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Bill Head From Hall and Pearsall

    • Bill Head From Hall and Pearsall

    • Hall family, Pearsall family, grocers, wholesalers, fertilizer

    • The Hall and Pearsall Warehouse was located at 711 Nutt St. Oscar Pearsall worked for Edwards and Hall, Wholesale Grocers until 1875 when he became partner and changed the name to Hall & Pearsall. The firm specialized in staples such as rice,...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Adrian House

    • Adrian House
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    • Alrich Adrian (1834-1897); and wife, Christine Fraas (1850-1937), natives of Germany, built the Tuscan Villa style house in 1875. Adrian was a city alderman and co-owner of Adrian & Vollers, wholesale grocery. The Z.W. Whitehead family owned the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Evans-Moore House

    • Evans-Moore House
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    • Queen Anne style house built as rental property for Allen E. Evans (1833-1882), grocer, barber and leader of the Rose Bud Brass Band; and wife, Charlotte Jackson (1838-1888). Purchased and remodeled in 1918 by E. Clayton Moore (1877-1940), native...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Holloway-Hunt House

    • Holloway-Hunt House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for Cammie Lord Holloway (1874-1960); and husband, Elisha Lambert Holloway (1869-1947), clerk at Angola Lumber Company. From 1910 to 1914, residence of Joseph Schad, contractor and builder, who constructed...
    • Port City Architecture
    • W.I. Gore House

    • W.I. Gore House
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    • Italianate style house built as residence by William Iredell Gore (1829-1903); and wife, Rachael Litchfield (1833-1914). He was a wholesale grocer, commission merchant and during the Civil War, an officer in the Waccamaw Light Artillery. Saved...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Grant-Bellamy House

    • Grant-Bellamy House
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    • Core of house built by James Grant (1818-1892), merchant. Owned by James M. Thompson family 1947-1890. Extensively remodeled and enlarged in Queen Anne style by Robert R. Bellamy (1861-1926), wholesale druggist, for rental use. Remained in family...
    • Port City Architecture
    • John Hall House

    • John Hall House
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    • Neoclassical Revival style house built for John Hall (1879-1983) of Hall & Pearsall, Inc., wholesale grocers and importers; and wife, Katherine Hoke (1886-1968), native of Lincolnton, NC. House remained in family until 1973; moved from 6 South...
    • Port City Architecture
    • William Rand Kenan House

    • William Rand Kenan House
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    • Built for William Rand Kenan (1845-1903), native of Duplin County, Confederate officer, commander of the Wilmington Light Infantry, collector of the port of Wilmington and wholesale merchant; and wife, Mary Hargrave (1842-1916), native of Orange...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Larkins House

    • Larkins House
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    • Family residence of William Larkins (1829-1891), Wilmington native, wholesale grocer & liquor dealer, cashier of First National Bank, and rice planter. House sold in 1903 to Samuel Behrends, merchant and furniture store owner, in whose family it...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Ahrens Building

    • Ahrens Building
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    • Neoclassical Revival style commercial building commissioned by Benjamin H.J. Ahrens (1844-1912), native of Germany, grocer, for sons Eduard (1876-1961), and Adolph G. (1882-1953), who operated Ahrens Brothers Wholesale Drug Company here for...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Robert R. Bellamy Building

    • Robert R. Bellamy Building
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    • Commercial structure built as rental property for Robert R. Bellamy (1861-1926), owner of wholesale drug business and officer of Delgado Cotton Mills. Originally constructed as a boot and shoe store; later occupied by clothing stores and jewelers....
    • Port City Architecture
    • J.W. Murchison House

    • J.W. Murchison House
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    • French eclectic style house built for Joel Williams Murchison (1853-1926), founder of J. W. Murchison Co., wholesale hardware; and wife, Loulie Hay Atkinson (1860-1922). Front and south porches removed c.1933 and entry added. House remains in the...
    • Port City Architecture
    • McClellan Livery Building

    • McClellan Livery Building
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    • Commercial building constructed as rental property for the Hanover Trust Company. First used as stables by W.B. McClellan & Son. Other tenants included a variety of automobile dealerships, repair and upholstery; wholesale feeds and groceries; and...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Oldham-Allison Building

    • Oldham-Allison Building
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    • Mission Revival style building constructed as a grist mill for Captain William P. Oldham (1836-1918), native of Orange County, NC, and Confederate officer. Occupied variously by a stable, ice and cold storage company, and welding and auto repair...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Philander Pearsall House

    • Philander Pearsall House
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    • Queen Anne style house built on Sunset Hill for Philander Pearsall (1855-1937), native of Duplin County, wholesale grocer; and wife, Mary Moore Brown (1861-1952), native of West Virginia, civic leader. Purchased in 1944 by Elijah O. Hewlett...
    • Port City Architecture
    • May-Willson House

    • May-Willson House
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    • Italianate style cottage built by Captain Alexander May (1810-1879), a Frenchman, sea captain and wholesale grocer. Sold in 1878 to William Willson (1800-1879), superintendent of Chadbourns Lumber Mill; and wife, Sarah E. (1818-1889) who renovated...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Charles W. Worth House

    • Charles W. Worth House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for Charles W. Worth (1861-1930), President of The Worth Company, wholesale grocers, Cape Fear Machine Works, and Secretary-treasurer of Wilmington Terminal Warehouses; and wife, Emma Walker (1866-1956), native of...
    • Port City Architecture

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