On North 5th Avenue just north of Grace Street, on the right when traveling north.
Neo-Classical Revival style house built for Henry F. Otten (1863-1943), native of New York City, bookkeeper, and wife, Margaret Peschau (1874-1938), native of Evansville, Indiana. House converted to duplex in 1936; inherited by daughter, Margaret . . . — — Map (db m226793) HM
On South Front Street south of Church Street, on the left when traveling south.
Queen Anne style house built for John Aaron Orrell (1875-1950), auditor; and wife, Martha Jane "Mattie" Powell (1872-1943), native of Pender County. Purchased in 1922 by Corporal John Mathias Bremer (1889-1958), World War I veteran, shipping clerk . . . — — Map (db m263621) HM
Near Pine Grove Drive 0.1 miles south of Junaluska Road, on the right when traveling south.
This monument pays tribute to the sacrifices made by Gold Star Families who lost a Loved One in military service to the United States of America.
The Homeland panel depicts the USS North Carolina and serves as a commemoration of . . . — — Map (db m275187) WM
On Orange Street at South 6th Street, on the left when traveling west on Orange Street.
Italianate Cubical cottage, in the Tuscan style, built for Duncan K. McRae (1820-1888), native of Fayetteville, lawyer, politician, foreign diplomat, orator and Confederate colonel; and wife, Louise Virginia Henry (1825-1906). Purchased in 1866 by . . . — — Map (db m262911) HM
On Ann Street west of South 3rd Street (Business U.S. 17), on the right when traveling west.
Front section of house built on adjacent lot
by Christopher C. Morse (1824-1891), grocer.
Moved and enlarged in Queen Anne style for
Martin Stevenson Willard (1858-1933), insurance
agent and president of Willard Bag and
Manufacturing Company. . . . — — Map (db m262713) HM
On Ann Street west of South 3rd Street (Business U.S. 17), on the right when traveling west.
Queen Anne style house built as investment property for Martin Stevenson Willard (1858-1933), native of Washington, NC, founder of Carolina Insurance Company; and wife, Elizabeth Gettig Oliver (1857-1914). From 1931 to 1980, residence of Jessie Ione . . . — — Map (db m262711) HM
On South 5th Avenue south of Church Street, on the right when traveling south.
Craftsman style bungalow built for Wilbur Randall Dosher (1881-1960), plumber, WWI veteran, county commissioner and postmaster; and wife, Frances Gardner (1886-1960). Purchased in 1927 by John Raymond Brown (1903-1993), automotive mechanic and . . . — — Map (db m264939) HM
On North 15th Street north of Rankin Street, on the left when traveling north.
Colonial Revival style house built for Allen B. Love (1882-1952); and wife, Anna Trimble Love (1886-1958), both natives of Tennessee. Allen was an editor for the Atlantic Coast Line News and an ACL employee for over thirty-three years. Anna was a . . . — — Map (db m265510) HM
On Church Street west of South 4th Street when traveling west.
Colonial Revival style house built as investment property for John Aaron Orrell (1875-1950), auditor and treasurer for New Hanover County and wife Martha Jane “Mattie” Powell (1872- 1943), native of Pender County. Purchased in 1946 by Samuel Baxter . . . — — Map (db m262391) HM
On Mimosa Place at Country Club Road, on the right when traveling west on Mimosa Place.
Dutch Colonial Revival style house built for Adair Morey McKoy (1888-1965), secretary North Carolina Bank and Trust, president Atlantic Paint and Varnish Works, Inc., auditor New Hanover County, vice president Watters-Snipes Realty; and wife, Katie . . . — — Map (db m267410) HM
On North 7th Street south of Campbell Street, on the right when traveling south.
Originally Folk Victorian style cottage with Craftsman-style front addition constructed circa 1920 built for Margaret A. Morris (1854-1932). Purchased in 1904 by Anna Jane Austin (1876-1957), teacher at Williston Primary School. Inherited by . . . — — Map (db m265313) HM
Near Market Street (Business U.S. 17) at North 5th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Antebellum Origins
The Bellamy compound was built by a combination of free black and enslaved laborers between 1859 and 1861 under the direction of northern-born architect, James F. Post and draftsman Rufus Bunnell. It was the town home of Dr. . . . — — Map (db m263032) HM
Near Market Street (Business U.S. 17) at North 5th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The two-story brick building at the northeast corner of the lot is the original slave quarters, constructed by free and enslaved laborers in 1859. While this type of building is now rare, it was typical for slave quarters in cities throughout the . . . — — Map (db m263035) HM
On South 7th Street north of Orange Street, on the right when traveling north.
Queen Anne style house built for Duncan McEachern (1859-1925), naval stores and literage merchant; and wife, Mary Elizabeth Skipper (1859-1919). Purchased in 1911 by John Sidney Divine, Sr. (1862-1946), Atlantic Coast Line Railroad machinist; and . . . — — Map (db m265194) HM
On Market Street at South 3rd Street (Business U.S. 17), on the right when traveling east on Market Street.
Georgian style house built on top of an abandoned jail for John Burgwin (1731-1803), merchant and lawyer, Clerk of Court in Bladen and New Hanover counties, Clerk of NC Provincial Assembly, Secretary to Royal Governor Dobbs and Treasurer of . . . — — Map (db m225799) HM
On North 6th Street north of Princess Street, on the right when traveling north.
Italianate style house built for George T. Curtis (1823-1870), native of Virginia, engineer; and wife, Melvina Ann Medley (1829-1889). Purchased in 1880 by Flavel Wright Foster (1842-1902), native of Bradford County, PA, Union Army veteran, county . . . — — Map (db m264968) HM
On Princess Street just east of North 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east.
This public area perpetuates the name of Colonel James Innes A fearless and brave New Hanover County soldier, he served against the Spanish forces at Cartagena, Colombia, in 1740, and in 1754 commanded the Colonial forces in the . . . — — Map (db m224905) HM
On North 16th Street north of Rankin Street, on the left when traveling north.
In 1860 the town purchased fifteen acres and established a cemetery here for colored residents. It was conveyed to the Pine Forest Cemetery Corporation in 1870. Government officials, educators, physicians, businessmen and other prominent citizens . . . — — Map (db m265692) HM
On Grace Street east of North 6th Street, on the left when traveling east.
Neoclassical Revival style house built as investment property for Cornelia Alderman (1846-1911). Purchased in 1950 by James L. Johnson (1919-1985), native of Weldon, NC, supervisor of instruction for New Hanover County black schools; and wife, . . . — — Map (db m263317) HM
On South 4th Street just south of Market Street (Business U.S. 17), on the left when traveling south.
Queen Anne style house built for Dr. Albert Marion Baldwin (1845-1934) dentist, and wife, Emma Mitchell (1845-1909). Remained in family until 1936. — — Map (db m226781) HM
On South 5th Avenue north of Orange Street, on the right when traveling north.
Shingle style house built by the heirs of Edward Kidder (1805-1885), for daughter, Annie P. Kidder (1851-1927). Purchased in 1928 by Louis Toomer Moore (1885-1961), and wife, Florence Hill Kidder (1888-1971). He was executive-secretary of the . . . — — Map (db m264722) HM
On Grace Street east of North 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Greek Revival style house built for Stephen Jewett (1805-1862), native of Maine, Cabinetmaker and cashier for the Bank of Wilmington; and wife, Lucy A. Bradley (1819-1898). Remained in family for forty-seven years. In 1989 saved for preservation by . . . — — Map (db m226697) HM
On South Front Street south of Nun Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built by Hon. Wm. Belvedere Meares
as family residence. Occupied
by Union troops as hospital
April 2-July 5, 1865. House
was located S/E corner of
Front & Chestnut Streets.
Moved to this address and
rebuilt 1889 by F.W. Kerchner. — — Map (db m263504) HM
On North 3rd Street just south of Princess Street, on the right when traveling north.
Architect: A.S. Eichberg of Savannah, GA Supervising Architect: James F. Post Builders: Valentine, Brown & Co. of Brunswick, GA Queen Anne style courthouse built as a seat of government for New Hanover County at a cost of $72,000. Cornerstone laid . . . — — Map (db m224860) HM
On Market Street at North Front Street, on the right when traveling west on Market Street.
Here at the intersection of Market and Front Street stood the Court House of New Hanover County in which the Stamp Master appointed by the British Crown was forced to resign his office, November 16, 1785. On November 28, 1765, at the . . . — — Map (db m276744) HM
On North 3rd Street just north of Princess Street, on the right when traveling north.
John M. Carmody Federal Works Administrator ——— Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States ——— City Hall 1855 • Rebuilt • 1940 Board of City Commissioners ——— Thomas E. Cooper, Mayor W. Louis Fisher, Commissioner of Finance J. . . . — — Map (db m226598) HM
On North 5th Avenue north of Market Street (Business U.S. 17), on the right when traveling north.
Believed built by Henry M. Bishop in 1846. Later bought and remodelled by William L. Smith. Miss Mamie L. Alderman operated a private select school from 1904 until her death in 1934. The school was continued by her niece Laura Carpenter until 1942. — — Map (db m264775) HM
On South 5th Avenue south of Nun Street, on the right when traveling south.
Colonial Revival style house built for Walter E. Yopp (1860-1933), funeral director; and wife, Emma H. Donnelly (1872-1955). He was a Wilmington city alderman for fifteen years, a New Hanover County commissioner for twenty years and a trustee of the . . . — — Map (db m264913) HM
On Market Street (Business U.S. 17) east of South 7th Street, on the right when traveling east.
by Wm. Wright & wife, Eliza A m. Hill
1875 given to daughter, Ann Claypole
& husband, Walker Meares.
1977 still remains in family
Helen Lovering, owner
The historic district
Wilmington, N.C. — — Map (db m263050) HM
On Light House Wynd north of North Bald Head Wynd, on the left when traveling north.
Wilmington, North Carolina was the Confederacy's most important Seaport during the Civil War. By 1864, it was the last Atlantic Port open to trade with the outside world. General Robert E. Lee said: “If Wilmington falls, I cannot maintain . . . — — Map (db m165877) HM
Near South 17th Street at Independence Boulevard. Reported permanently removed.
Here, in the earthworks in front of you, Confederate Gen. Robert F. Hoke’s troops made a stand on February 20-21, 1865. They were attempting to halt the Union army’s advance on Wilmington, the Confederacy’s principal seaport. Blockade runners, . . . — — Map (db m284188) HM
On Stony Hill Road at Hillsborough Road, on the right when traveling east on Stony Hill Road.
Born in Pennsylvania about 1736. Served in Virginia Provincial Forces against Indians. Vestryman of the Parish-Church Warden. Chairman County Court. Major Orange County Militia. Member North Carolina Assembly, 1760-1768. Instrumental in establishing . . . — — Map (db m286315) HM
On South 3rd Street (Business U.S. 17) at Nun Street, on the right when traveling south on South 3rd Street.
Stick style house built as a residence for W.B. McKoy, (1852-1928), attorney and Past Grand Master of Masons of N.C., and wife, Katherine Bacon (1858-1949). Home of daughter Elizabeth Francenia McKoy, (1887-1984) local historian, researcher, and . . . — — Map (db m264296) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
