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Title
Shore
Acres
,
Harbor
Island
(Hammocks)
development
.
Subject
Shore
Acres
,
Harbor
Island
,
Hammocks
Description
Originally
called
, "The
Hammocks
"
Harbor
Island
was an
uninhabited
low
lying
island
of
sand
dunes
,
surrounded
by
marsh
and
Wrightsville
Sound
on the
north
and
southwest
, and
Banks
Channel
on the
east
. There was a
dense
growth
of
knotted
live
oaks
. In
1888
, the
Wilmington
and
Sea
Coast
Railroad
Company
built
a
steam
railroad
line
from
Wilmington
to the
Hammocks
.
Later
the
same
year
, the
line
was
extended
from the
island
via
a
trestle
over
Banks
Channel
to the
beach
. By the
late
'
teens
, the
Harbor
Island
Auditorium
,
designed
by
Henry
E
.
Bonitz
(1872-1921)
was
built
to
cater
to
large
meetings
,
especially
conventions
.
Development
of the
island
began
in
earnest
in the
1920s
,
when
Shore
Acres
became
its
first
residential
community
. In
1927
,
Oliver
T
.
Wallace
and
Richard
L
.
Player
bought
property
on
Harbor
Island
and
within
a
year
were
advertising
the
development
of
Shore
Acres
. The
house
of
Spanish
architecture
(seen
behind
the
trees
and a
pole)
,
located
on
Live
Oak
Drive
, the
main
thoroughfare
on the
island
, was
purchased
by
Mr
. And
Mrs
.
Rye
B
.
Page
,
Sr.
, the
owner
and
publisher
of the
Wilmington
Morning
Star-News
. They
named
their
home
, "
Villa
Marguerita
" in
honor
of their
daughter
,
Marguerite
Page
. On
July
2
,
1928
, the
Wallace
company
sold
fifteen
additional
lots
,
one
of
which
was to
E
.
T
.
Taylor
. A
sold
sign
on the
far
left
indicates
that
sale
. The
Seashore
Hotel
on
Wrightsville
Beach
,
across
Banks
Channel
is
in the
distance
at
center
.
Date
c. 1929
Source
Louis T. Moore Collection 642
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