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Title
Carolina
Beach
-
Street
scene
.
Subject
Hotel
Royal
Palm
,
Fountain's
Rooms
and
Apartments
,
Carolina
Beach
Description
Hotel
Royal
Palm
is
in the
center
.
Next
door
to
right
,
is
Fountain's
Rooms
and
Apartments
.
Carolina
Beach
is
located
on the
Federal
Point
peninsula
,
bounded
on the
west
by the
Cape
Fear
River
, and on the
east
and
south
by the
Atlantic
Ocean
. An
attempt
was
made
to
settle
the
area
in the
early
1880s
by
Joseph
Winner
(1843-1902)
and his
wife
,
Anna
. The
development
of the
Town
of
St
.
Joseph
failed
largely
because
of a
very
poor
roads
to the
coast
. By the
mid
1880s
, the
New
Hanover
Transit
Company
was
operating
a
steamship
line
from
Wilmington
to
Southport
and the
company
bought
property
on the
peninsula
for
development
. With the
river
steamers
providing
easier
access
to the
area
, the
Transit
Company
built
a
quaint
little
railroad
(later
known
as the "
Shoo
Fly")
to
take
passengers
from the
wharf
on the
river
to the
beach
.
It
was then that
Carolina
Beach
became
a
popular
destination
for
people
from
Wilmington
and
across
the
state
. The
Town
of
Carolina
Beach
was
incorporated
in
1925
.
Hotel
Royal
Palm
,
located
on
Harper
Avenue
, was
built
in
1935
, by
W
.
G
.
Fountain
, an
oil
distributor
in
Wilmington
. In
recent
years
, the
hotel's
name
was
changed
to the
Hotel
Astor
.
Source
Louis T. Moore Collection 071
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