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North Carolina, Historic Wilmington Foundation Historical Markers
Historic Wilmington Foundations plaque program is one of the most prolific in America: to date, it has given out over 700 plaques. Adorning cottages, mansions, alleyways, beach bungalows, and more, the hand-painted plaques recognize historically and architecturally significant structures across three southeastern North Carolina counties.
Cottage built for Reuben Grant (1818-1880), native of Onslow County, Methodist minister and longtime member of Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal Church; and wife, Sarah Ann Dawson (1823-1888). Purchased in 1885 by Willie Ann Wood Price (1857-1931), . . . — — Map (db m264684) HM
Federal style house built for Richard Langdon (1753-1810), native of New Hampshire, merchant; and wife, Jane Dunbibin Ward. In 1812, the widow Jane married Samuel Russell Jocelyn (1764-1816), native of Connecticut, attorney. Purchased in 1829, by . . . — — Map (db m262773) HM
Queen Anne style house built for James Thomas Riley (1858-1931), shipbroker; and wife, Cora Cowan (1866-1953), native of Pender County. Purchased in 1906 by Parker Quince Moore (1876-1943), mayor of Wilmington from 1913 to 1920; and wife, May Hardin . . . — — Map (db m264441) HM
Neoclassical Revival style house built as an investment property for John Frederick Rulfs Jr. (1869-1953), co-owner of Peterson and Rulfs, Boots and Shoes; and wife, Alice Smith Rendleman (1881-1948), native of Salisbury, NC. The house remained in . . . — — Map (db m227245) HM
Greek Revival style house built for
Gerhardt Henry William Runge (1828-1876),
grocer and saloon keeper, and wife Johanna
H. Eckel (1836-1920), natives of Hanover,
Germany. Purchased in 1922 by James Benjamin
Franklin Fales (1859-1925), owner of . . . — — Map (db m264691) HM
House built as rental property for Johanna Helena Eckle Runge (1835-1920), native of Wremen, Germany. Purchased in 1924, as residence, by George Frederick Gottlieb Tienken (1877-1935), wholesale grocer, and wife, Christine Meta Hintze (1880-1958). . . . — — Map (db m264688) HM
Greek Revival Charleston single style store
with residence above built for Antonio Rush (1814-
1896), native of Portugal, grocer; and wife, Emiline
Louisa Silva (1830-1906), native of New York. Purchased in 1859 by Diedrich Steljes (1833-1902), . . . — — Map (db m262322) HM
Neoclassical Revival bungalow built as rental property for Sallie Sholar Allen (1865-1929). Purchased in 1926 by Walter W. Way (1873-1936), heating and plumbing contractor; and wife, Juliet Orrell (1879-1967). Owned and occupied from 1950 to 1963 by . . . — — Map (db m262365) HM
Queen Anne style house built by William James Reaves (1861-1917), builder, president of W.J. Reaves Co., and vice-president of Wilmington Iron Works; and wife, Mary Elizabeth Shepard (1865-1914). Inherited in 1917 by son Samuel Franklin Reaves . . . — — Map (db m263728) HM
Kahn & Jacobs Architects, New York City Lt. Leslie N. Boney, Jr., Supervising Architect A.R. Abrams Co., Atlanta, GA, Contractors Federally-funded recreation center (Type A) built in the International style and leased to United Services . . . — — Map (db m226300) HM
Built as rental property for John Sheehan
(1870-1912), Superintendent of Transportation,
Tidewater Power Co.; and brother, William
Sheehan (1859-1915), grocer; and William's
wife, Mary Elder (1870-1954). Purchased
in 1939 by Charles Henry Davis . . . — — Map (db m262374) HM
Commercial building constructed as rental property for Isaac Shrier (1841-1920), native of Germany, clothier and real estate investor, and wife, Betsy Willner (1850-1916), native of Austria. Rented by various tenants, including the Telegraph - . . . — — Map (db m226694) HM
One of twin Neoclassical Revival style houses built as multifamily investment properties for William Whitehead (1867-1931); and wife, Lita Larkins (1907-1961). Purchased in 1946 by Byron Simmons (1896-1972), native of Busti, NY, painter; and wife, . . . — — Map (db m264938) HM
Italianate style house built for Sarah Robeson
Singletary (1801-1874), native of Bladen
County and widow of William Singletary.
From 1867 to 1888 residence of her son
Franklin Coddington Singletary (1839-1894),
Superintendent of Wilmington and . . . — — Map (db m262941) HM
Queen Anne style house built for Edward Dunn Sloan (1868-1929), native of Duplin County, bookkeeper with Hall & Pearsall, wholesale grocers; and wife, Margaret B. Satchwell (1874-1960), native of Pender County. In 1900 sold to Kinchen J. Powers . . . — — Map (db m263704) HM
Built by James C. Smith, (1830-1888)
Commission Merchant and occupied by his family.
In 1853 he married Mary Ann Costin, daughter of
Miles Costin. The property remained in family
until 1890. When it was purchased by Daniel
Lenox Gore and . . . — — Map (db m263016) HM
First example of the Italian Renaissance style house in Wilmington built for James Laurence Sprunt (1886-1973), agent for Alexander Sprunt & Son, the world's largest cotton exporter; and wife, Amoret Cameron Price (1891-1915), native of . . . — — Map (db m77208) HM
Gothic Revival style church built for congregation organized in 1869. The cornerstone was laid March 23, 1871 and the edifice completed under the leadership of the Rev. Charles O. Brady. Dedicated on March 23, 1871, it was the first Episcopal church . . . — — Map (db m28877) HM
Colonial Revival style house built for the Rev. Msgr. Cornelius Edward Murphy, pastor of St. Mary Parish from 1940 to 1954. Subsequent pastors include the Rev. Msgr. Peter J. McNerney (1954-1959), the Rev. Msgr. Charles J. O'Connor (1959-1967), the . . . — — Map (db m264875) HM
The congregation was organized in 1858 by immigrants from northern Germany. Plan of the Gothic Revival style church is attributed to charter member Hanke Vollers. Construction began in 1859. The unfinished building was damaged by occupying Federal . . . — — Map (db m263024) HM
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
North wing, c.1875, built for Ruben Grant (1810-
1880), Methodist minister; and wife, Sarah Ann
Dawson (1823-1888). South wing, c. 1872, built for
James C. Stevenson (1847-1907), wholesale grocer; and wife, Elizabeth J. Smith (1850-1919).
Son, . . . — — Map (db m262591) HM
Neoclassical Revival style house built for
William Kimry Stewart (1875-1966); and
wife, Fannie Rumbley (1876-1969), natives of
South Carolina. He was a partner in
Stewart & Oterson, men's furnishings and
dry goods, and vice-president of . . . — — Map (db m262914) HM
Rental house built for Florence Rogers Strange (1865-1953), widow of Thomas Wright Strange (1855-1899). Altered to duplex by Byron R. Simmons (1896-1972), interior decorator; and wife, Frances Lewis (1896-1988). For thirty-two years, first floor . . . — — Map (db m264654) HM
Italianate style house built by Cape Fear Building Co. for Annie Young Strausz (1837-1889), native of Washington, D.C., housewife; and husband Alexander Strausz (1830-1905), native of Hungary, partner Cape Fear Building Co. Purchased in 1876 by . . . — — Map (db m264201) HM
National Folk style house, built as investment property for Susan Eugenia Beery Atkins Moore (1849-1925), officer of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Woman's Division of Global Ministries, president of Wilmington's Ladies Benevolent Society for 27 . . . — — Map (db m262771) HM
Greek Revival style house built for William Sutton (1805-1885), owner Sutton & Dunham commission merchants and distiller. Purchased in 1881 by Burgwin family heiress Sarah Sallie Burgwin (1823-1904). Remained in family for 58 years. — — Map (db m264575) HM
Queen Anne style house built as investment property for Miss Sallie Moore Swann (1823-1911). Purchased in 1909 by William Watts Drew (1841-1913), saw mill owner; and wife, Carolina Close Knox (1853-1911). They were natives of Brunswick County. Saved . . . — — Map (db m263731) HM
Colonial Revival style house built as rental property for Col. Walker Taylor (1864-1937), insurance underwriter. Purchased in 1924 by Stella Florence Baggett West (1875-1961), wife of Charles H. West (1865-1930), watchman for East Coast Fertilizer . . . — — Map (db m262574) HM
Samuel Sloan of Philadelphia, architect
James Walker, supervising architect
Cape Fear Building Company, builders
Moorish Revival style synagogue built for German Jewish reform congregation that was organized in 1872. It is the oldest . . . — — Map (db m264524) HM
Italianate style house built for Thomas H. Smith (1833-1887) native of England, blockade runner, grocer; and wife, Mary Elizabeth Watson (1846-1896). Bay window and dovecote added c. 1890. Purchased in 1892 by Rachel Lechfield Gore (1833-1914). . . . — — Map (db m263505) HM
Craftsman style bungalow built for Mary
Elizabeth Millis Thompson (1821-1896), native
of Onslow County, NC. House remained in
Thompson family for 35 years. Purchased
in 1960 by Earl Autum Johnson (1905-1983),
attendant Hughes Brothers, Inc.; . . . — — Map (db m262921) HM
The original Italianate style center section was financed by philanthropist Mary Tileston Hemenway (1820-1894) and designed by John A. Fox, both of Boston, MA; James Walker, local supervising architect; Strausz & Rice of Wilmington, builders. . . . — — Map (db m262747) HM
Italianate style house built for William Pinckney Toon (1858-1942), and wife, Emily Mae Glenn (1864-1920), (co-owner of Brown and Toon wholesale grocers). Remained in family until 1983. — — Map (db m265146) HM
Queen Anne style cottage built
for Urchie Chadwick Ellis (1866-1910),
photographer; and wife, Eliza
Winnifred Tindall (1866-1945). — — Map (db m262572) HM
R. Stanley Brown, Architect Algernon Blair, Builder R.A. Wood, Construction Superintendent Construction of the Colonial revival style Federal Building provided employment during the Great Depression. W.P.A. Artist, William F. Pfohl, painted the . . . — — Map (db m225800) HM
Queen Anne style house built for Mary Frances Wallace (1844-1899), widow of Stacey Van Amringe (1838-1897), Clerk of Superior Court and city treasurer. Purchased in 1911 by George Thomas Swain (1888-1976), banker, and wife, Effie Mae Bangle . . . — — Map (db m262913) HM
Named for Samuel Vance (d. 1805), a merchant who owned the property on the south side of the alley. His widow, Mary Walker Vance (1786-1820), operated a boarding house here, a mecca for young immigrants from the north. Inherited by daughter, Jane . . . — — Map (db m226798) HM
Henry Bonitz, Architect Louis Henry Vollers, Contractor Queen Anne style house built by and for Louis Henry Vollers (1862-1943), native of Point Caswell, building contractor; and wife, Susan A. Barnhill (1862-1942). Purchased in 1900 by John Haywood . . . — — Map (db m226998) HM
Built by Henry Von Glahn, merchant, native of Germany. Given to City of Wilmington by Von Glahn family in 1936. City of Wilmington preserved building for use as city offices. — — Map (db m264829) HM
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
Italianate style house built for William Iredell Gore (1829-1903), native of Brunswick County, captain in Company C, North Carolina 18th Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, wholesale grocer and commission merchant; and wife, Rachael Ann . . . — — Map (db m262776) HM
Built by James Walker (1825-1901) a native
of Scotland, architect, contractor and
builder who also built the old James
Walker Hospital and donated it to
this city. He also worked on one of
the wings of the Capitol building and the
old . . . — — Map (db m262721) HM
Queen Anne style house built as rental
property by James Walker (1826-1901), native
of Scotland, architect and builder. Purchased in 1944 by Alex J. Compos (1908-1965)
and wife Polly, natives of Greece and
proprietors of City Market Cafe. — — Map (db m262720) HM
Cottage built for Henry B. Walker (1842-1907), porter; and wife, Ellen Hayes (1843-1904). In 1940, purchased for rental property and converted to a duplex by Max Warshauer (1880-1949), native of Lithuania, merchant. — — Map (db m262675) HM
Neo-classical Revival style house built for Elizabeth Castle Wallace (1852-1927), native of Rowan County, NC; and husband, Thomas E. Wallace (1853-1920), Wilmington postmaster, and native of New York City. Purchased in 1941 by Frances Aline Furlong . . . — — Map (db m264707) HM
National Folk style house built for Elisha
D. Warren (1873-1926), tugboat engineer; and
wife, Mamie Donnelly (1883-1958), native of
Alabama, housewife. The house was later
purchased in 1925 by Peter Compos (1894-1954)
manager at the New York . . . — — Map (db m262674) HM
Neoclassical Cevival style duplex designed and built as residence by Max Warshauer (1880-1949), native of Lithuania, merchant; and wife, Clara Goldstein (1895-1991). Childhood home of Samuel Edward Warshaver (1914-2013), physician, World War II . . . — — Map (db m264941) HM
H. E. Bonitz, Architect Neoclassical Revival style house built for Walter G. Webb (1844-1919), bookkeeper, and wife, Nora Grainger (1859-1939). Purchased in 1926 by Robert George Rankin (1875-1955), salesman; and wife, Kate Harlow (1880-1965). . . . — — Map (db m227248) HM
Queen Anne style house built for Lindsay A. Weedon
(1864-1936), native of Guilford County, NC; and wife,
Nellie (1864-1935), native of New York State. He owned a
factory, located on the waterfront between Church
and Castle Streets that . . . — — Map (db m262405) HM
Built by Jacob Wessel (1814-1878). Later by Captain James Thomas Harper 1895. Then residence of his son, Charles T. Harper M.D. 1904-1913, also his daughter Mary Harper Darby 1913-1957. Preserved by the Housing Authority of the City of Wilmington . . . — — Map (db m263506) HM
Italianate style house built for Captain Charles L.C. Wessell (1847-1919), native of Kingdom of Hannover, grocer and saloon keeper, steamboat and tugboat captain; and wife Anna Sophia Heins (1873-1902). Inherited by his second wife Rose Harbers . . . — — Map (db m263252) HM
Neo-classical Revival style house built for
Frederick W. Westerman (1868-1928), carpenter;
and wife, Annie Allen (1868-1942). Residence
of sons, James (1892-1979) and Allen (1907-1985),
cabinet makers and carpenters. House
remained in family . . . — — Map (db m262334) HM
Italianate style house built for Henry Westerman (1838-1895) native of Germany, partner at E. Peschau and Westerman, wholesale grocers and commission merchants; and wife, Eugenia Catherine Peltier (1848-1919), native of France. Queen Anne style . . . — — Map (db m262934) HM
Queen Anne style house built for Zollicoffer W. Whitehead (1862-1923), native of Kenansville, NC, president of the Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad, owner and editor of the Southern Truckers Journal and Southern Milling and Lumber Journal; . . . — — Map (db m263747) HM
Queen Anne style house built as investment property for siblings Octavius Augustus Wiggins (1879-1934), foreman for Hilton Lumber Company; Elizabeth Wiggins Price (1873-1965), wife of Dr. Richard Jones Price; Mary Wiggins Davis (1882-1959), wife of . . . — — Map (db m262709) HM
Greek Revival style house built for Wilburn L. Trask (1836-1866), Wilmington & Weldon Railroad engineer; and wife, Sarah R. Pitman (1843-1883), native of Chatham County. In 1904 purchased as rental property by Charles D. Yarborough (1864-1948), . . . — — Map (db m263314) HM
Jessie Wilder (1846-1924) native of Onslow Co. and wife, Fannie D. Ellis (1842-1889) built the house. He engaged in the naval stores business. Oscar Pearsall (1849-1925), businessman, owned the house from -1891. Bought by David Bulluck (1853-1919) . . . — — Map (db m264433) HM
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
Italianate style house built for William Augustus French (1835-1907), boot and shoe merchant; and wife, Harriet Perkins Timmonds (1835-1910), native of Timmondsville, South Carolina. The house remained in the family for seventy-four years. — — Map (db m264553) HM
Neoclassical Revival style house built for William Alexander Vollers (1870-1907), grocer; and wife, Anne Julia Heins (1873-1932). Purchased in 1938 as investment property by Raymond Retchin (1890-1975), native of Russia, partner in Southern Junk . . . — — Map (db m265179) HM
Queen Anne style house built by
William Alexander Willson, Sr. (1834-1917)
and wife Sarah Jane Beery. Mr. Willson
was bookkeeper for Beery shipyard
and City Clerk and Treasurer. House
damaged by fire and rebuilt by
J.C. Stout in 1897-1898. — — Map (db m262671) HM
Greek Revival style house built for
William B. Hill (1840-1893), porter with
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and
wife, Mary Jane Benton (1847-1917). Remained
in family for 90 years. — — Map (db m262370) HM
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
Neo-classical Revival style house built for William Alexander Dick (1859-1922), chief passenger clerk for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, real estate developer; and wife, Nellie Draper (1868-1947). Headquarters of the Arab Shrine Club of Wilmington . . . — — Map (db m262664) HM
Queen Anne style house built for William Gaston Craig (1861–1957), native of Alamance Co., N.C., and wife Sarah Frances (1867–1958), native of Goldsboro, N.C. He was inspector for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad car building department. . . . — — Map (db m167693) HM
Queen Anne style house built for William Harriss Alderman (1851-1932), bookkeeper; and wife, Alice Guess Larkins (1852-1905), on property given to them by Alice's parents, William and Belinda Larkins. Remained in family until 1950. — — Map (db m262931) HM
Italianate style house built for William Jones Price (1804-1868) Lt. Col, C.S.A., physician, and wife Sara T. (1824-1865). Inherited by his son Captain Joseph Price (1835-1895), commander of C.S.A. "Neuse" and Wilmington harbor master. House . . . — — Map (db m263047) HM
Queen Anne style house built as rental property for William Pinckney Toon (1857-1942), co-owner of Brown & Toon, wholesale grocers; and wife, Mary Glenn (1864-1920), native of Cooperstown, NY. Among her charitable works was the care of soldiers at . . . — — Map (db m263236) HM
Queen Anne style bungalow built for William Henry Taylor (1817-1887), painter with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Civil War veteran, Sixth Battalion Armory Guards, Company F; and wife, Mary J. Watkins (1822-1885), native of Brunswick County, NC. . . . — — Map (db m263732) HM
Italianate style house built for George W. Williams (1831-1899), native of Chatham County, partner in firm of Williams & Murchison, commission merchants, and wife, Kate Murchison (1833-1892), native of Cumberland County. Queen Anne addition built in . . . — — Map (db m264858) HM
Property acquired in 1842 by state grant to John Williams (1779-1855). Bequeathed to his grandson, William Arthur Williams (1850-1917), timber inspector and clerk for the county board of commissioners. His wife, Jane Iredell Meares (1855-1935), . . . — — Map (db m264470) HM
Cottage built for Hosea Williams (b. 1816), cooper; and wife, Margaret Stephens (b. 1816), natives of Onslow County. Purchased in 1857 by William Cookman (1812-1862), native of Ireland and gunsmith with W. H. Marks and Company. Inherited by his wife . . . — — Map (db m262925) HM
Italianate style house built for William Augustus Williams (1808-1880), commission merchant; and wife, Mary Cloves Forbes (1814-1887), native of MA. Inherited by son William Arthur
Williams (1850-1917), bookkeeper; and wife, Jane Iredell Meares . . . — — Map (db m264449) HM
Rear section built by Hosea Williams (1816-unk.),
cooper; enlarged and remodeled in the Italianate
style c. 1891 by Eunice B. Moore (1843-1934). Her
daughter, Miss Lucy, ran a floraculture business
on the property. Purchased in 1906 by . . . — — Map (db m262926) HM
James F. Post, Supervising Architect
Henry D. Sampson, Contractor, 1889
John C. Stout, Contractor, 1890
Queen Anne style house built for George W.
Williams (1834-1899) as residence for his
daughter, Maggie M. Holladay (1865-1889).
Her . . . — — Map (db m264561) HM
Built for William Alexander Willson,
Jr. (1865-1949), accountant for American
Railway Express, and wife Mary
Hart Morris (1874-1965). Purchased
in 1918 by John F. Powell, (1884-
1948), native of Ireland, and wife
Dorothy Palmer . . . — — Map (db m262672) HM
Queen Anne style cottage built for
Basil Monroe Wilson (1871-1952), native of
Sneeds Ferry, NC and foreman of finishing
section for Wilmington Cotton Mills; and
wife, Mary Emma Frost (1873-1935). — — Map (db m262329) HM
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
Italianate style house for Daniel Phineas Woodbury (1812-1864), native of New Hampshire, US
Army engineer, and Union Major General. Purchased in 1919 by John Thomas Hoggard (1876-1965), and wife, Virginia Hawes (1887-1967). He was a physician, . . . — — Map (db m262910) HM
Craftsman style bungalow built for Woodus
Kellum (1878-1963), native of Onslow County,
attorney; and wife, Christian Horne (1883-1963).
Purchased in 1925 by Leon Motte (1879-1937),
attorney; and wife, Lucy May Pierce (1895-1979).
They owned and . . . — — Map (db m262386) HM
Italianate style house built for Joel W. Woolvin (1830-1889), cabinet maker and undertaker, Confederate veteran; and wife, Mary Ann Pridgen (1827-1909), native of Duplin County. Purchased in 1919 by Clifton B. Vann (1881-1927), native of Columbus . . . — — Map (db m263256) HM
Queen Anne style house built for James Franklyn Woolvin (1860-1922), native of Snow Hill, NC, funeral director; and wife, Kate Cooper (1860-1895), native of Kenansville, NC. Purchased in 1896 by Archie Guthrie Warren (1861-1940), native of . . . — — Map (db m263257) HM
Greek Revival style house built by John Wooster (1791-1869), native of Connecticut, dry goods merchant with Wooster, Anderson and Company; and wife, Lucy A. Wright (1801-1864). Inherited by son, Capt. John L. Wooster (1831-1885), attorney, . . . — — Map (db m263762) HM
Built by David Gaston Worth (1831-1897), owner of Worth & Worth, commission merchants. House was rented until acquired in 1871 by James Madden (1830-1908), a steamboat agent for Cape Fear Steamboat Company, and wife Margaret (1839-1907), both . . . — — Map (db m264936) HM
Italianate style house owned by Lucy Wright Murchison Giles (1850-1913); later owned by her daughter Lucile Murchison Marvin (1880-1968); became residence of Dr. and Mrs. David R. Murchison in 1927. — — Map (db m264405) HM
Federal-Greek Revival style house built for William Augustus Wright (1807-1878), lawyer, general attorney for the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad and President of the Bank of Cape Fear; and wife, Eliza Ann Hill (1813-1895). From 1846 to 1889, the . . . — — Map (db m227000) HM
Queen Anne style cottage built for Ann
E. Harriss Yarborough (1864-1913), wife
of John Wesley (1850-1924), barber. They
were the parents of America's first
internationally acclaimed black opera singer,
Catherine Yarborough (1898-1986), . . . — — Map (db m262578) HM
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
Italianate style house built for William John Yopp (1824-1888), Wilmington & Weldon Railroad freight agent, and wife, Jane Warren (1834-1868). Rear addition, c. 1870. Purchased in 1888 by William (1843-1911) and Bernhardt (1845-1913) Goodman, . . . — — Map (db m265088) HM
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
Aldrich Adrian (1834-1897) and wife Christine Fraas (1850-1937) natives of Germany, built the Tuscan villa style house in 1875. Adrian was a city alderman and co-owner of Adrian & Vollers, wholesale grocery. The Z.W. Whitehead family owned the . . . — — Map (db m77221) HM
A Baptist meeting house occupied this site as early as 1825. Front Street Baptist Church was constructed here in 1837 and served the congregation until 1866. Converted to a residence when sold to John F. Solter (1840-1903) and John M. Bremer . . . — — Map (db m263690) HM
Commercial building erected for George H. Bradley (1805-1880), native of New Haven, CT, boot and shoe merchant, after devastating fire of 1840 that destroyed much of the block. From 1910 to 1963 this was the location of Green's Drug Store, operated . . . — — Map (db m263040) HM
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Captain John W. Harper (1856-1917); and his bride, Ella C. Strupe (1878-1945). He was the owner of Wilmington and Southport Steamboat Company which operated the steamers Wilmington and Sylvan Grove. An . . . — — Map (db m263689) HM
Neoclassical Revival style house built for
James H. Chadbourn (1853-1913), for his daughter,
Frances King Chadbourn (1880-1963), wife of Jack
Stanly (1877-1958), dentist. It was the childhood home of Robert Ruark (1915-1965), well-
known . . . — — Map (db m262662) HM
Queen Anne style building erected to replace old North Fourth Street farmers market and fire house. Market operated here until 1917. In 1977 fire department moved to Princess Place Drive. Wilmington Boxing Center, under the management of Sherriedale . . . — — Map (db m263335) HM
Built by William Edward Craig, a merchant
in the cooper business located in this same
block until 1883, at which time he opened a
grocery store at 6th and Wooster streets.
In 1891 his wife, Hester Jane Craig, sold the
property to John C. Davis. . . . — — Map (db m262714) HM
