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Title
Confederate
Memorial
Monument
-
Unveiling
ceremony
-
1924
.
Subject
Confederacy
,
Monument
,
Memorial
,
Dock
Street
,
S
.
Third
Street
,
Bacon
,
Boney
Description
Designed
by
Henry
Bacon
, the
monument
,
located
on the
plaza
at
intersection
of
South
Third
and
Dock
streets
was
donated
to the
City
of
Wilmington
in
1924
, by
Gabriel
Boney
. The
sculptor
of the
two
bronze
figures
,
representing
courage
and
self-sacrifice
, was
F
.
H
.
Packer
of
New
York
. The
Bridgers
House
is
at
left
,
facing
Third
Street
. At
right
is
the
Wooster
House
on the
northwest
corner
of
Third
and
Dock
streets
.
Across
Dock
Street
on the
southwest
corner
is
the
imposing
stone
Bridgers
House
.
Behind
the
tree
in the
center
of the
plaza
is
the
Confederate
Memorial
,
designed
by
Henry
Bacon
and
donated
to the
City
of
Wilmington
by
Gabriel
Boney
. The
Wooster
House
at
20
South
Third
Street
was
built
by
John
Wooster
in
1845
.
Originally
, the
house
faced
Dock
Street
,
where
a
porch
projected
over
the
sidewalk
. By
1913
,
when
the
house
was
owned
by
S
.
M
.
Boatwright
, the
porch
became
a
traffic
hazard
. The
Wilmington
City
Council
ordered
the
piazza
to be
removed
,
after
which
the
house
was
reoriented
from
Dock
Street
to
Third
.
Another
Neoclassical
Revival
porch
was
built
as an
entrance
on
Third
Street
.
Across
Dock
Street
from the
Wooster
House
is
the
Bridgers
House
at
100
South
Third
Street
. The
handsome
house
was
built
in
1905
by
Mrs
.
Elizabeth
Eagle
Haywood
Bridgers
.
Charles
McMillen
was the
Architect
and
Joseph
Schad
, the
contractor
of the
massive
stone
structure
, in the
Neoclassical
Revival
style
.
Date
1924
Source
Louis T. Moore Collection 557
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