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Photographer: Bernard Fisher
Taken: March 11, 2010
Caption: John A. Taylor House
Additional Description: c.1847
Benjamin Gardner, architect
Greek revival style house built for John A. Taylor (1798-1873), native of New York, shipping and railroad industrialist, civic leader; and wife, Catherine M. Harriss (1806-177). From 1893 to 1951, building served as an armory for the Wilmington Light Infantry. The WLI gave it to the City of Wilmington for use as a public library. The library occupied the building from 1956 to 1981. Historic Wilmington Foundation, Inc.
Submitted: March 15, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p100536
File Size: 1.314 Megabytes

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