South End in Wrightsville Beach in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Barnes-Ulmer Cottage

1941

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 22, 2024

1. Barnes-Ulmer Cottage Marker

Inscription. Cottage built for Walter Lafayette Barnes, Sr. (1892-1962), plumbing contractor; and wife, Mae Marie Costin (1895-1979). Summer residence of daughter, Doris Barnes (1915-2002); and husband, William Joseph Ulmer, Jr. (1914-1993), claims clerk for the Southern Railway; and son, Walter L. Barnes, Jr. (1925-1996), employed by the US Department of Interior; and wife, Nancy Bryant (1927-1989), native of Chase City, Va. The cottage remained in the family until 2010.

Erected by Historic Wilmington Foundation, Inc.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina, Historic Wilmington Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1941.

Location. 34° 11.55′ N, 77° 48.452′ W. Marker is in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It is in South End. It is at the intersection of South Lumina Avenue and Wright Street, on the right when traveling south on South Lumina Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 730 S Lumina Ave, Wrightsville Beach NC 28480, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lumina (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pioneer East Coast Surfing (approx. 0.6 miles away); Shore Acres House

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(approx. 1.1 miles away); Saffo Building (approx. 1.3 miles away); Hanby-Debnam Cottage (approx. 1.4 miles away); Churchill Cottage (approx. 1½ miles away); Davis-Patteson Cottage (approx. 1.6 miles away); Ewing-Bordeaux Cottage (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wrightsville Beach.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 22, 2024

2. Barnes-Ulmer Cottage Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 100 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.