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Title
North
Carolina
Sorosis
Clubhouse
-
North
Third
Street
-
100
block
.
Subject
Sorosis
,
N
.
Third
Street
Description
According
to the
1860
Wilmington
City
Directory
,
Shaddrack
M
.
West
(ca
.
1810-1871)
was
living
in the
house
on
North
Third
Street
,
between
Princess
and
Chestnut
streets
. The
large
three-story
Italinate
dwelling
was
built
ca.
1858
. On
July
10
,
1914
, the
North
Carolina
Sorosis
purchased
the
property
for
$8,500
, from the
West
heirs
, for
use
as their
clubhouse
.
Fifteen
local
women
organized
the
North
Carolina
Sorosis
on
December
5
,
1895
at the
home
of
Sally
Spears
Hicks
(Mrs
.
Rufus
W.)
on
South
Third
Street
. The
ladies
'
chose
the
name
"
Sorosis
"
after
a
similar
club
in
New
York
City
. The
name
is
a
Greek
botanical
term
which
loosely
translates
, " a
cluster
of
flowers
on a
stem.
" In
1896
, the
club
was
chartered
,
thus
becoming
the
oldest
federated
women's
club
in
North
Carolina
.
One
of the
first
projects
was the
sponsoring
of the
Home
Science
curricula
at
Union
School
,
which
was the
forerunner
of
Home
Economics
programs
in
all
the
county
schools
.
Over
the
years
, the
Sorosis
became
the
chief
lobbyists
for and
ardent
supporters
of
such
important
community
projects
as the
Public
Library
, the
New
Hanover
County
Museum
,
Travelers
Aid
, the
Baby
Clinic
,
Robert
Strange
Playground
and the
beautification
of
Greenfield
Lake
. The
club
met
at a
number
of
different
locations
in the
city
,
until
the
West
house
was
bought
. They
renovated
the
building
,
making
the
first
floor
for
club
use
. The
second
and
third
floors
contained
eight
apartments
,
which
were
rented
.
Parking
spaces
in the
back
yard
were also
rented
,
many
to
lawyers
and
real
estate
dealers
,
who
had
offices
on
Princess
Street
. At a
later
remodeling
,
brick
was
added
to the
exterior
and the
front
porch
was
narrowed
. The
Sorosis
sold
the
building
in the
mid-1960s
to the
City
of
Wilmington
and the
building
was
demolished
in
1967
, to
make
way
for a
parking
lot
. The
women's
club
bought
a
lot
on
Cardinal
Drive
,
off
Eastwood
Road
, and
erected
a
modern
clubhouse
. The
north
front
side
of the
City
Hall
is
visible
at
right
. The
entrance
to the
left
of the
stairs
was to the
headquarters
of the
Wilmington
Police
Department
,
which
occupied
the
ground
floor
space
until
the
mid-1960s
,
when
the
department
moved
to
one
of the
abandoned
Atlantic
Coast
Line
buildings
on
Red
Cross
Street
.
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