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Beach crowd in front of the Oceanic Hotel (Station One), Wrightsville Beach.
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Beach crowd in front of the Oceanic Hotel (Station One), Wrightsville Beach.
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Title
Beach
crowd
in
front
of the
Oceanic
Hotel
(Station
One)
,
Wrightsville
Beach
.
Subject
Oceanic
,
Tarrymorore
,
Hotels
,
Wrightsville
Beach
,
Beaches
Description
First
known
as the
Tarrymore
Hotel
, the
building
was
opened
in
June
1905
. The
name
was
changed
to the
Oceanic
Hotel
around
1911/12
. The
landmark
at
Station
One
burned
in the
tragic
fire
of
February
28
,
1934
,
which
destroyed
every
structure
on the
northern
extension
of the
beach
.
Wrightsville
Beach
was
named
for
Joshua
Grainger
Wright
(1758-1811)
who
owned
a
vast
amount
of
acreage
along
the
sounds
and the
coast
. The
beach
is
a
part
of the
North
Carolina
Banks
, a
chain
of
barrier
islands
,
which
spans
almost
all
of the
North
Carolina
coast
from
Virginia
to
South
Carolina
.
Until
the
latter
half
of the
nineteenth
century
,
development
along
the
immediate
coast
was
hindered
by an
inadequate
transportation
system
. In the
1870s
, the
Shell
Road
(or
Wilmington
Turnpike)
was
built
from
Wilmington
to
Wrightsville
Sound
,
making
the
area
more
accessible
. In
1888
, a
railway
was
constructed
from
downtown
Wilmington
to the
Hammocks
(Harbor
Island)
. The
same
year
, the
Sea
View
Railroad
was
built
from the
Hammocks
to the
beach
,
opening
up
the
beach's
southern
extension
to
development
. The
Town
of
Wrightsville
Beach
was
incorporated
in
1899
.
Source
Louis T. Moore Collection 651
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