Riverfront in Wilmington in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Thomas F. Price
Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 23, 2010
1. Thomas F. Price Marker
Erected 1949 by Archives, Conservation and Highway Departments. (Marker Number D-39.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.
Location. 34° 14.25′ N, 77° 56.767′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It is in Riverfront. It is on North 3rd Street (U.S. 74) just south of Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wilmington NC 28401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Major General Joseph A. McNeil (a few steps from this marker); The Beginning of Wilmington (within shouting distance of this marker); Thalian Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); America's Only Thunder Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); Wilmington City Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S.S. Maine Memorial
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1. Father Thomas Frederick Price - Cause for Canonization. Catholic Diocese of Raleigh Website:
“Father Prices vision of spreading Catholicism was moving beyond the border of North Carolina. He joined with Father James A. Walsh in pursuing a dream the two men had of creating a foreign mission society. In 1912, he asked Cardinal Gibbons, who had become Archbishop of Baltimore, for permission to become a priest of Baltimore while he pursued creation of the American Catholic Foreign Mission Society, popularly known as Maryknoll. The request was granted.” (Submitted on April 21, 2010.)
2. Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers, A Brief History. Maryknoll Society Website:
“Countering arguments that the Church needed workers here, Fathers Walsh and Price insisted the Church would not flourish until it sent missioners overseas. Independently, the men had written extensively about the concept. Father Price in his magazine Truth, and Father Walsh in the pages of A Field Afar, an early incarnation of Maryknoll Magazine.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 23, 2010
2. Thomas F. Price Marker
Additional keywords. American Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Father Thomas Frederick Price, Roman Catholicism
Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 23, 2010
3. Thomas F. Price Marker
Archdiocese of Raleigh photograph (Public Domain)
4. Fr. Thomas Frederick Price
1947
5. Our Lady of Nazareth Orphanage, Raleigh NC, in 1947
It was founded by Father Price in 1898. This photograph shows the final expansion of the campus. North Carolina State University now sits on the majority of the approx. 600 acre orphanage site, with the Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral occupying a small corner of the site. The street address of the cathedral is 715 Nazareth Street.
6. Out Of Nazareth: Memories From Our Lady Of Nazareth Catholic Orphanage, by David Laton
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Credits. This page was last revised on July 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2010, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,009 times since then and 15 times this year. Last updated on February 28, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 21, 2010, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 4. submitted on February 28, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 5. submitted on July 21, 2025. 6. submitted on July 21, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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