Historic District in Wilmington in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Peyton Hoge House

1891

— A.B. Cook, builder —

Peyton Hoge House Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 23, 2024

1. Peyton Hoge House Marker

Inscription. Queen Anne style house built according to the drawings prepared by first owner, the Rev. Peyton Harrison Hoge (1858-1940), native of Hampden-Sydney, VA and minister of First Presbyterian Church (1885-1899), and wife, Mary Stuart Holladay (1862-1949), native of Henrico County, VA. Other owners included George Rountree (1855-1942), attorney and NC Superior Court judge; Edward Jenner Wood (1878-1928), physician and noted authority on tropical diseases. The Girls Club of Wilmington occupied house from (1959-1979).

Erected by Historic Wilmington Foundation, Inc.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Religion & Religious Structures • Women. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and the North Carolina, Historic Wilmington Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.

Location. 34° 13.812′ N, 77° 56.711′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It is in the Historic District. It is on South 3rd Street (Business U.S. 17) north of Church Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 407 S 3rd St, 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

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walking distance of this marker: Kenly-Whitehead House (a few steps from this marker); Gregory Normal Institute (within shouting distance of this marker); Holladay-Whitehead House (within shouting distance of this marker); Edward B. Dudley (within shouting distance of this marker); Allen-Woodward House (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles W. Worth House (within shouting distance of this marker); William B. McKoy House (within shouting distance of this marker); Alex Manly (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilmington.

Also see . . .
1. Wilmington Historic District (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination for the district, which includes this property and was listed in 1974. (Prepared by Survey and Planning Unit, North Carolina Division of Archives and History; via North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office) (Submitted on January 7, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Wilmington Historic District Boundary Expansion and Additional Documentation (PDF). National Register nomination that expanded the district in 2003. (Prepared by Sherry Joines Wyatt and L. Robbie King; via North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office) (Submitted on January 7, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 24, 2024

2. Peyton Hoge House Marker

3. Peyton Harrison Hoge (1858-1940). Collection of the pastor's sermons and writings. (Log College Press) (Submitted on January 7, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

4. Judge Rountree Dies Thursday. Clipping of obituary that appeared in the Feb. 20, 1942 edition of The Wilmington Morning Star. (Newspapers.com) (Submitted on January 7, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

5. American Coup: Wilmington 1898. Hoge and Rountree were players in the deadly white supremacist overthrow of Wilmington's elected multiracial government that resulted in the Jim Crow era. ("American Experience", PBS, aired Nov 12, 2024) (Submitted on January 8, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

6. Wood, Edward Jenner. Edward Jenner Wood, physician, was born in Wilmington, the son of Thomas Fanning (1841–92), also a physician, and Mary Kennedy Sprunt Wood (1848–1932), the daughter of cotton exporter Alexander and Jane Dalziel Sprunt Wood. (Diane Cobb Cashman, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, 1996; via NCPedia) (Submitted on January 8, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Rev. Peyton H. Hoge image. Click for full size.

First Presbyterian Church of Wilmington; via East Carolina University Digital Collections (Public Domain), circa 1892

3. Rev. Peyton H. Hoge

Portrait from commemorative book published for the church's 75th anniversary in 1892, which occurred during Hoge's pastorate (1885-1899). He later was pastor of Warren Memorial Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Ky. (1899-1907) and Pewee Valley (Ky.) Presbyterian Church from 1907-1929.

George Rountree image. Click for full size.

History of North Carolina: North Carolina Biography, Lewis Publishing Co. (1919) (Public Domain)

4. George Rountree

A Harvard graduate, he practiced law in Wilmington for more than 50 years. His son and grandson have continued the law practice he founded in 1896 to this day.

Dr. Edward Jenner Wood image. Click for full size.

via National Archives and Records Administration (Public Domain), 1919

5. Dr. Edward Jenner Wood

He was a noted authority on pellagra, a nutritional deficiency disease caused by a lack of niacin (vitamin B3) in the diet; and tropical sprue, a rare condition caused by damage to the small intestine lining from too much of certain bacteria.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 7, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 202 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 7, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 5. submitted on January 8, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.