Country Club Pines in Wilmington in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

MacMillan House

1925

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 24, 2024

1. MacMillan House Marker

Inscription. Colonial style house built for Louis deRosset MacMillan (1899-1950), salesman with MacMillan Buick Automobile Company; and wife, Josephine Harriet Ahara (1898-1979), native of Chicago, Illinois. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he was a veteran of World Wars I and II. At the time of his death, he was teaching business administration at Duke University.

Erected by Historic Wilmington Foundation, Inc.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education • War, World I • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina, Historic Wilmington Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1925.

Location. 34° 13.362′ N, 77° 54.95′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It is in Country Club Pines. It is on Mimosa Place west of Country Club Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2414 Mimosa Pl, Wilmington NC 28403, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s

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Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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: John Bright Hill House (within shouting distance of this marker); Adair McKoy House (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jerusha James House (approx. ¼ mile away); Delgado Mill Office (approx. 0.4 miles away); Delgado School (approx. half a mile away); Delgado Mills House #71 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Provost Cottage (approx. 0.7 miles away); Cumming-Walker House (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilmington.

Also see . . . MacMillan House (PDF). Research report contains more details about the house's

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 25, 2024

2. MacMillan House Marker

architecture, history and ownership. (Prepared by Edward F. Turberg, 2017; via Port City Architecture collection, New Hanover County Public Library) (Submitted on March 3, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Louis deRosset MacMillan image. Click for full size.

Yackety Yack yearbook, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; via DigitalNC (Public Domain), 1921

3. Louis deRosset MacMillan

Senior picture from the University of North Carolina yearbook.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 3, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 3, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.