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Title	Orton Hotel and the Royal Theater
Description	Photograph of the Orton Hotel and the Royal Theater in downtown Wilmington, N.C. The Orton Hotel was built by Colonel Kenneth Murchison in 1888 and named for his plantation in Brunswick County. The Royal Theater was one door down fron the hotel. Constructed in 1915, it was the first theater to have an animated electric sign. Both buildings were destroyed in a fire on January 21, 1949.
Subject	hotels, Theaters, Businesses, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Antique automobiles, Bicycles
Date	Early 1900's
Source	Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection 1203