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    • Yopp House

    • Yopp House
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    • 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
    • Morrison House

    • Morrison House
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    • Queen Anne style house built for Thomas Morrison (1828-1901), native of Philadelphia, locomotive engineer and Blockade Runner captain and engineer. Remained in family for fifty-seven years. Purchased in 1950 by Ellen Mae Johnson (1902-1988), wife...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Stevens House

    • Stevens House
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    • Craftsman style bungalow built for Hugh C. Calder (1891-1972), teller for Murchison Bank. Purchased in 1924 by John Alexander Stevens (1895-1990), native of Sampson County, attorney, who practiced law for over 70 years; and wife, Mildred Thompson...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Little House

    • Little House
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    • Dutch Colonial Revival style house built for Fred E. Little (1891-1975), native of Charlotte, president of Wilmington Printing Company, commissioner of Wilmington Housing Authority for 25 years; wife, Elizabeth Albright (1855-1982), native of...
    • Port City Architecture
    • John William King House

    • John William King House
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    • BUilt for John William King (1851-1923), upholster; and wife, Carrie V. Williams (1852-1935). Remained in the family for twenty-four years. In 1929, purchased by Frfank P. Newkirk (1895-1975), elevator operator at the US Custom House; and wife,...
    • Port City Architecture
    • Hinton House

    • Hinton House
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    • Mission style house built for Joseph Hatch Hinton (1870-1952), and wife, Camille Pennington (1876-1950), native of Tarboro, NC. He was the owner and manager of the Orton Hotel from 1906 to 1936; a stockholder of Seashore and Oceanic hotels at...
    • Port City Architecture
    • French-Shrier Building

    • French-Shrier Building
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    • Built for William A. French (1835-1907) as investment property and leased to various merchants including tailors, clothiers and stationers. Purchased in 1914 by Isaac Shrier (1841-1920), clothier, native of Bavaria, who renovated the building in...
    • Port City Architecture
    • St. James Episcopal Church (Present)

    • St. James Episcopal Church (Present)

    • churches, Episcopal churches, Wilmington

    • St. James Parish was established by the General Assembly of the Colony of Carolina in November, 1729. In 1741, the parish was divided, with St. James Parish on the East side of the Cape Fear River and St. Philip's on the West side. The construction...
    • Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection
    • Hilton Park.

    • Hilton Park.

    • Hilton Park, Christmas Tree

    • On the north side of Wilmington, the World's Largest Living Christmas Tree, photographed in the snow. For many years, Wilmington's community Christmas tree was erected at the entrance to City Hall on Third Street. In the fall of 1928, James E. L....
    • Louis T. Moore Collection
    • Third and Market streets.

    • 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
    • Aerial View of Kure Beach

    • Aerial View of Kure Beach

    • North Carolina, New Hanover County, highway 421, Atlantic, industry

    • This is the ocean intake for the Ethyl Dow Chemical Co. which closed in 1945. The plant took bromine out of the seawater to use in making anti-knock gasoline. Years later the LaQue Center set up their corrosion testing operation at this location...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Ancient Forest on Black River

    • Ancient Forest on Black River

    • North Carolina, forests, rivers, swamps, old growth, bald cypress

    • Fred Annand leads a canoe expedition that includes David Stahle from the University of Arkansas. The 2 canoes navigate the Black River (near Atkinson) in Pender County. The cypress trees that line the banks date back 1500 years and are part of a...
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Boys Club Reunion

    • Boys Club Reunion

    • Clubs, Wilmington, NC

    • Men who used to be "boys" of the Boys Club on Vance St. from the years 1921-1923 in a group shot remembering their past at the club. This was at their monthly meeting, Monday, June 3 at 6 pm.
    • Star-News Image Archive
    • Boys Home, Lake Waccamaw, NC (2)

    • Boys Home, Lake Waccamaw, NC (2)

    • abused, neglected, children, Columbus County

    • Shawn Youmans uses a tractor to mow the grass beneath the pecan trees at the NC Boys Home at Lake Waccamaw. Shawn spent 4 years there as a boy, and now has a summer job there before returning to college.
    • Star-News Image Archive

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