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Title
South
Third
Street
-
100
block
;
intersection
of
Third
and
Orange
streets
.
Subject
Latimer
House
,
First
Presbyterian
Church
,
S
.
Third
Street
,
Orange
Street
Description
At
left
on the
northwest
corner
is
the
Zebulon
Latimer
House
; and, at
right
is
the
First
Presbyterian
Church
,
rebuilt
after
a
fire
destroyed
the
sanctuary
in
1926
. The
First
Presbyterian
Church
has been
plagued
by at
least
three
fires
in its
history
.
Dating
from
1818
, the
first
church
was
located
in the
100
block
of
South
Front
Street
between
Dock
and
Orange
streets
.
It
burned
in
1819
and
another
church
was
constructed
near
the
same
site
.
When
the
second
church
burned
in
1859
, the
property
on
Third
Street
was
purchased
, and a
handsome
brick
structure
was
built
.
Samuel
Sloan
was the
architect
,
who
also
designed
the
First
Baptist
Church
(1859-1870)
. On the
night
of
December
31
,
1925
,
First
Presbyterian
Church
was
destroyed
by
fire
for the
third
time
.
Hobart
Upjohn
of
New
York
,
designed
the
gothic
stone
church
(shown
in the
photograph)
,
which
was
completed
by
November
18
,
1928
. The
Henry
Latimer
House
(1883)
, with its
mansard
roof
,
is
on the
left
on the
southwest
corner
of
Third
and
Orange
streets
.
It
appears
in the
photograph
that the
house
has a
front
porch
across
the
front
,
which
must
have been
removed
at a
later
date
. At
right
, the
wrought
iron
porch
of the
Zebulon
Latimer
House
(1852)
can
be
seen
through
the
trees
. A
fire
box
is
located
in the
intersection
on the
plaza
.
Zebulon
Latimer
(1811-1881)
, a
native
of
Connecticut
,
came
to
Wilmington
in the
1830s
and
became
a
very
prosperous
merchant
. His
three
sons
-William
,
Edward
and
Henry
-
all
lived
close
by and
built
handsome
houses
that are
still
standing
. The
Henry
Latimer
House
was
later
owned
by the
Kenan
family
.
It
was in this
house
that the
funeral
of
Mary
Lily
Kenan
Flagler
Bingham
was
held
in
July
,
1917
.
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