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North Carolina, Historic Wilmington Foundation Historical Markers

Historic Wilmington Foundation’s 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.
 
By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 22, 2024
Fort Fisher Army Air Base Hutment Marker
1 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Carolina Beach — Fort Fisher Army Air Base Hutment — 1942
Constructed to house personnel at the air base. Purchased in 1946 along with the adjacent hutments by Warren Bros. Inc. and moved to the current location where it became a rental property. Sold in 1964 to Joseph John Gialy (1911-1988), native of . . . Map (db m262246) HM
2 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Carolina Beach — Loughlin Cottage — 1916
Craftsman style bungalow built for Joseph J. Loughlin (1881-1918); and wife, Eleanor King (1885- 1941), native of Philadelphia. He was secretary- treasurer and general manager of the New Hanover Transit Company, a primary developer of Carolina . . . Map (db m262243) HM
3 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — A.C. Diehl House — 1923
Cottage built for Arthur Chester Diehl (1884-1946), vice-president of Naco Fertilizer Company, a subsidiary of W.R. Grace, Company; and wife, Victoria Lynch (1901-1969). They were natives of New York. After his death, the house was divided into . . . Map (db m265783) HM
4 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Allen and Anna Love House — 1930
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
5 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Allen House — c. 1909 — Burett Stephens, Architect —
Colonial Revival house built for Mitchell Allen (1873-1945), bank officer of Murchison National Bank, and wife, Martha Groff (1870-1913). Remained in family until 1944.Map (db m265887) HM
6 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Allen-Collier House — 1909 — Burett M. Stephens, architect —
Colonial Revival style house built for Fulton Temple Allen (1868-1941), secretary-treasurer of Acme Fertilizer Company; and wife, Anna Bell Pearce (1870-1948), natives of Virginia. Purchased in 1963 by Joshua Frank Collier (1902-1965), realtor, . . . Map (db m265881) HM
7 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Altaffer House — 1870
Italianate style house built by Gerard Morgan Altaffer (1829-1907), pattern maker, contractor and partner of Altaffer & Price, makers of sash doors and blinds, and wife, Mary R. Harris (1835-1901). Purchased for rental property in 1883 by Henry Haar . . . Map (db m263246) HM
8 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Bellamy-Baggett House — 1930 — Clarence E. Shepard, architect / Charles E. Parmele, builder —
Spanish Revival style house built for Emmett Hargrove Bellamy (1891-1952), WWI veteran, NC state senator, partner attorney in John D. Bellamy & Sons; and wife, Lillian Frances Maxwell (1899-1987), native of Niantic, R.I. Purchased in 1962 by Dallie . . . Map (db m265517) HM
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9 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Bellevue Cemetery — 1876 — Surveyed by Brown & James —
Fifteen-and-one-half acres, known as Green's Battery during the Civil War, were purchased in 1876 to establish a private cemetery for people of moderate means. An act of the North Carolina General Assembly incorporated the Bellevue Cemetery Company . . . Map (db m265725) HM
10 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Bergen-Carpender House — 1924 — James B. Lynch, architect —
Prairie style house built for Walter John Bergen (1859-1931), secretary of Alexander Sprunt & Sons, cotton brokers; and wife, Mary Madden (1867-1947), natives of New York. Purchased in 1947 by Edwin Robinson Carpender (1882-1965), native of New . . . Map (db m265909) HM
11 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Bowdoin-Moore House — 1904
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Edward H. Bowdoin (1865-1955), carpenter and foreman with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Mattie J. Dilday (1866-1940). Purchased in 1920 by the Rev. William H. Moore (1869-1942) and wife, Clara . . . Map (db m263330) HM
12 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Bridgers-Fulenwider House — 1917
Colonial Revival style house built for Burke Haywood Bridgers (1881-1972), attorney: and wife, Helen Strange (1888-1953). He was a charter member of the New Hanover Fishing Club where he introduced the use of the rod and reel to southeastern NC in . . . Map (db m265739) HM
13 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Browne House — 1917
Bungalow with Craftsman style details built for George Saville Browne (1885-1956), native of Richmond, Virginia, clerk Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Lucie Plate Walsh (1890-1981), native of South Carolina.Map (db m266571) HM
14 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Browne-Stanley House — c. 1916
Colonial Revival style house built for Richmond, Virginia natives, Otway Leon Browne (1874-1970), assistant purchasing agent for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife Anne Gertrude Rogers (1875-1954). Purchased in 1964 by Shelton Smith Stanley . . . Map (db m265806) HM
15 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Brown-Weathersbee House — 1912
Colonial Revival style house built for Thomas Edwin Brown (1879-1958), treasurer, Southern Mutual Home & Real Estate Co; and wife, Ellen Corbett (1886-1976). Purchased in 1934 by Ransey Weathersbee (1883-1969), native of Aiken, SC, dentist; and . . . Map (db m265872) HM
16 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Burns-Huggins House — Built 1853
Greek Revival style house built for Owen Burns. Sold in 1860 to Luke B. Huggins (1806-1884), grocer. and wife, Phoebe Newbold (1806-1882). Remained in family until 1976.Map (db m265236) HM
17 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Burriss-Bunn House — c. 1899
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Sylvester S. Burriss (1842-1918), carpenter and Confederate veteran; and wife, Eliza Jane Hill (1852-1914). Purchased in 1919 by James Henry Bunn (1869-1955), cabinet maker; and wife, Nellie Taylor . . . Map (db m262306) HM
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18 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Calder-Stevens Bungalow — c. 1921
Prairie style bungalow built for Hugh C. Calder (1891-1972), teller for Murchison Bank. Purchased in 1924 by John Alexander Stevens (1895-1990), native of Clinton, NC, attorney, who practiced law for over 70 years; and wife, Mildred Thompson . . . Map (db m265693) HM
19 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Carmichael House — 1906 — Cooper & Davis, architects / Charles Moore, contractor —
Neoclassical Revival style house built for John Wallace Carmichael (1865-1918), native of Virginia, stock broker and insurance agent; and wife, Janie Northrop (1867-1908). In 1922, purchased by Edward G. King (1866-1952), awning maker; and wife . . . Map (db m262917) HM
20 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Central Baptist Church — 1888-89
Congregation formed in 1883 under the leadership of the Rev. L.T. Christmas who raised the funds to erect this building five years later. Much of the construction work was done by church members. It is the oldest African-American Baptist church . . . Map (db m263329) HM
21 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Cherry-Halterman House — c. 1921
Dutch Colonial style house built for Luther H. Cherry, insurance agent, and wife, Hattie E. O'Henry. Purchased in 1939 by William Kimry Stewart, Jr. (1910-1999), mortician. In 1968, sold to Lawton H. Halterman (1920- ), native of West Virginia and . . . Map (db m265807) HM
22 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Chestnut Street Presbyterian Church — Erected 1858 — Mr. Moody, builder —
Carpenter Gothic and Italianate style building constructed in 1858 as mission chapel of First Presbyterian Church. From 1858 to 1866 known as Second Presbyterian Church. Purchased by the congregation of First Colored Presbyterian Church in 1866. . . . Map (db m263245) HM
23 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Col. Walker Taylor House — 1898 — Henry Bonitz, architect —
Queen Anne style house built for Col. Walker Taylor (1864-1937), owner of insurance agency, civic leader and founder of Brigade Boys Club, and wife, Rose Lilly Cumming (1873-1946). From 1947 to 1986, residence of Lee Porter (1899-1996), native of . . . Map (db m263051) HM
24 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Coleman Building — 1940
Built as investment property by Louis Joseph Coleman (1887-1965), native of Whiteville, building contractor; and wife, Lucille Benson Coleman (1902-1996). Originally brick garage with wood frame apartment above, with exterior stairs to the second . . . Map (db m267304) HM
25 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Currie-Boon House — 1870
Italianate style house built for Stephen A. Currie (1841-1883), Confederate veteran, livery stable owner; and wife, Flora E. Thomas (1845-1915), native of Thomasville, NC. Purchased in 1892 by Leighton Lee Boon (1849-1921), native of Wilmington, . . . Map (db m265222) HM
26 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Darby-McDonald House — c. 1921
Craftsman bungalow built for Miss Mary C. Darby (1858-1938), real estate agent, and sister, Miss Margaret M. Darby (1857-1933), as rental property. Purchased in 1954 by Miss Harriet Bellamy McDonald (1905-1989), long-time Forest Hills Elementary . . . Map (db m265857) HM
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27 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Delgado Mill Office — 1899 — Zachary & Zachary, architects / John D. Long, brickwork contractor —
Queen Anne style office building constructed for Delgado Cotton Mill (1899-1930), established by Edwin C. Holt, North Carolina textile magnate. It is the only surviving brick building from the original mill complex. The offices remained here after . . . Map (db m267332) HM
28 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Delgado Mills House #71 — 1900
Cottage built for Delgado Mills to house its textile mill workers. First occupied by Frederick Slown Miller (1873-1949), native of Iowa, spinner and carpenter; and wife, Rosa Adelaide Smith Holmes (1872-1941), native of Columbus County. It was owned . . . Map (db m267307) HM
29 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — DeVaun-Dyer House — 1913
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Alice Bertha DeVaun (1882-1961), native of Southport, school teacher and later a clerk at the Atlantic Coast Line Rrailroad. Purchased in 1919 by William Henry Dyer (1867-1932), native of Virginia, . . . Map (db m262214) HM
30 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — DuRant House — c. 1910
Dutch Colonial style house built as investment property for Walker Taylor Sr. (1864-1937), native of Marion, SC, insurance agent, commander of the Wilmington Light Infantry during the 1898 coup; and wife, Rosa Lilly Cumming (1873-1946), native of . . . Map (db m262924) HM
31 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — E. Fleet Williams House — c. 1914
Craftsman style bungalow built as rental property for Edgar Fleet Williams (1889-1956), president of Diamond Steamboat and Wrecking Company; and wife, Sadie Exum (1894-1976), native of Snow Hill, NC.Map (db m265677) HM
32 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Eaton House — 1929
Craftsman style bungalow built as rental property for George C. Jackson (1868-1932), sheriff. Purchased in 1945 by Dr. Hubert A. Eaton (1916-1991), native of Fayetteville, physician, civil rights activist; and wife, Celeste Marie Burnett . . . Map (db m262920) HM
33 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Eckel-Spillman Cottage — c. 1882
Late Greek Revival style cottage built for William Augustus Eckel (1857-1906), partner in firm of Watson & Eckel, ship chandlers. Purchased in 1919 by John Spillman (1871-1951), photographer and proprietor of The Camera Shop; and wife, Lillian . . . Map (db m263247) HM
34 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Edward Taylor House — 1914
Craftsman style bungalow built as investment property for Edward Tennent Taylor (1877-1936), president of Navassa Guano Co. and Carolina Building and Loan; and wife, Mary Adeline Cox (1867-1947), native of Camilla, Georgia. James F. Gause, Jr., . . . Map (db m265861) HM
35 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Evans House — 1917
Craftsman style house built for Mason G. Burr (1877-1964), secretary of Standard Supply Company. Purchased in 1928 by John Ebenezer Evans (1890-1947), native of South Carolina, physician and surgeon; and wife, Sara S. Dyer (1890-1979), native of . . . Map (db m265430) HM
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36 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Everett-Bissinger House — c. 1860
Greek Revival style house built for Ann Thompson Everett (1819-1895), wife of Amariah B. Everett (1811-1857), planter, natives of Onslow County. Renovated to Italianate style during ownership of son, John Alfred Everett (1839-1915), Confederate . . . Map (db m265231) HM
37 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Finberg-Monds House — c. 1922
Bungalow built as investment property. Residence of Louis B. Finberg (1902-1992), harbor master and Vice-President of Heide Warehouse Co.; and wife, Florence Chadwick (1902-1966). Purchased in 1953 by John Monds (1921-1987), inspector with Carolina . . . Map (db m267323) HM
38 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Fire Station No. 5 — 1931 — Lynch and Foard, architects / U.A. Underwood, contractor —
Spanish Colonial style building constructed during the Great Depression to relieve unemployment and provide taxpayers a needed fire station at a low cost because building materials were inexpensive. At the time, the mayor was W.H. Blair, the public . . . Map (db m266325) HM
39 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Fisher House — 1921
Craftsman style bungalow built as investment property for W.P. McGlaughon. Purchased in 1924 by Hervey Taylor Fisher (1883-1931), native of Fayetteville, NC and auditor for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Lula Suggs (1885-1968), native . . . Map (db m265905) HM
40 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Foster F. Burnett House — 1919
Dutch Colonial Revival style house built for Foster Flavorial Burnett (1894-1945), physician, civic leader, and founder of Community Hospital; and wife, Gladys Eveline Gordon (1901-1928). Inherited by son, Foster Burnett, Jr. (1925-); daughter, . . . Map (db m265301) HM
41 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Fox-Holden House — c. 1865
Cottage owned by George A. Fox (b. 1830), native of Pennsylvania, Wilmington & Weldon Railroad engineer; and wife Julia A. (b. 1841), native of South Carolina. Purchased in 1881 by Sylvanus Holden (d. 1894), carpenter; and wife, Ann Maria Harper . . . Map (db m263243) HM
42 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Foy-Taylor House — c. 1916
Craftsman style bungalow built as investment property for Newton Fisher (1889-1951). Purchased in 1923 by Norwood Leslie Foy (1891-1990), native of Scotts Hill, NC, partner in Foy-Roe & Company, retail clothing; and wife Elizabeth Southerland . . . Map (db m265860) HM
43 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Frederick Pearsall House — 1916 — James F. Gause, Jr., architect —
Colonial Revival style house built for Frederick Leon Pearsall (1875-1945), officer and co-owner of Pearsall and Company, fertilizer manufacturers; and wife, Mary Christian Meartan (1877-1953), native of Cumberland County, NC. Frederick was an elder . . . Map (db m265863) HM
44 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Gillette House — 1912
Neoclassical Revival style bungalow, built for George William Gillette (1888-1971); and wife, Pearl Marine (1891-1945), both natives of Marine, Onslow County. Gillette was electrical engineer with Tide Water Power Co., World War I and World War II . . . Map (db m266584) HM
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45 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Glascow Hicks House — 1928 — William Draper Brinckloe, architect / J.T. Ritter, builder —
English cottage style house built for Glasgow Hicks (1893-1957), insurance agency owner and elder of the First Presbyterian Church; and wife, Helen Russell (1899-1979), native of Spartanburg, SC. The dwelling was adapted from an "Ann Hathaway Home" . . . Map (db m265489) HM
46 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Hale-Henderson House — c. 1923
Dutch Colonial Revival style house built for John W. Hale, bookkeeper, and wife, Lona Allen. From 1930 to 1968, occupied by William Harman Henderson (1887-1971), Assistant Vice-President of Traffic for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and wife, . . . Map (db m265788) HM
47 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Hall-Tolar House — 1914
Bungalow built for Henry Hankins Hall (1885-1946), native of Suffolk, VA, hardware salesman for N. Jacobi Company, and wife, Olive Ewing (1890-1981), native of Monmouth County, NJ. Purchased in 1967 by Collier Hobbs Tolar (1938-2009), clerk at . . . Map (db m266432) HM
48 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Hanby Cottage — c. 1893
Cottage built as rental property for Joseph Howard Hanby (1843-1905); and wife, Adrienne Kelly Wilson (1848-1913), who owned the house and store to the east. Purchased in 1962 by Maggie Williams McLean (1908-1999); and husband, William McLean . . . Map (db m263018) HM
49 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Hanby House & Store — c. 1882
Italianate style house and grocery store built for Joseph H. Hanby (1843-1905), grocer, native of Virginia; and wife, Adrienne K. Wilson (1848-1913). One of the city's few remaining “corner grocery store” buildings, it served the neighborhood . . . Map (db m263019) HM
50 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Harrison-Norden House — c. 1920
Colonial Revival style house built as investment property for Thomas Wesley Harrison (1878-1955), president of A.D. Brown & Co., dry goods. Purchased in 1939 by Eric Norden (1869-1946), native of Sweden, civil engineer and mapmaker; and wife, Laura . . . Map (db m265931) HM
51 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Hiatt House — 1940 — Leslie N. Boney, architect —
Colonial Revival style house built for James Lawrence Hiatt (1904-1985), native of High Point, NC, furniture salesman with Sears, Roebuck and Company; and wife, Elsie Bellamy Jones (1903-1985); and sister-in-law, Mildred Jones (1904-2000). The house . . . Map (db m265508) HM
52 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Hinton House — James F. Leitner, architect / Rhodes & Underwood, contractors — 1913 —
Mission style house built for Joseph Hatch Hinton (1870-1952), and wife, Camille Pennington (1876-1950), native of Tarboro, NC. He was the owner and manager of the Orton Hotel from 1906 to 1936; a stockholder of the Seashore and Oceanic hotels at . . . Map (db m266052) HM
53 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Hinton-Nixon House — c. 1923
Dutch Colonial Revival style house built for Edgar Latimer Hinton (1868-1934), businessman and owner of the Seashore Hotel at Wrightsville Beach; and wife, Mamie E. Lively (1882-unk.), native of Birmingham, AL. From 1941 to 1991 owned by Nixon . . . Map (db m265877) HM
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54 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Holloway-Hunt House — 1905 — William R. Glenn, contractor —
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Cammie Lord Holloway (1874-1960), and husband Elisha Lambert Holloway (1869-1947), clerk at Angola Lumber company. From 1910 to 1914, residence of Joseph Schad, contractor and builder, who constructed . . . Map (db m265945) HM
55 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Hopkins House — 1921
Colonial Revival style house built for Benjamin T. Hopkins (1870-1961), native of Accomac, VA and district manager of Life Insurance Company of Virginia; and wife, Josephine Kelley (1874-1953), native of New Jersey. Purchased in 1959 by Edwin B. . . . Map (db m265528) HM
56 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Humphreys-Cooper House — 1915 — James B. Lynch, architect / Morton & Cox, builders —
Shingled cottage built for Charles Raymond Humphreys (1881-1929), civil engineer; and wife, Lilian Miller Kenly (1890-1979), natives of Maryland. Purchased in 1929 by Oscar Fleet Cooper (1878-1948), advertising agent for Atlantic Coast Line . . . Map (db m265809) HM
57 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Hutaff House — c. 1922
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Elizabeth Dunkel Hutaff (1883-1960), native of Richmond, VA; and husband, William J. Hutaff (1881-1925). He was secretary-treasurer of the Wilmington Coca-Cola Bottling Works. Upon his death, his wife took . . . Map (db m265939) HM
58 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — J. Lowell White House — 1925
Colonial Revival style house built for Joseph Lowell White (1880-1947), native of Burlington, Iowa, Superintendent of Transportation, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Ola Rogers, native of Texas. Purchased in 1957 by William Osler Humphrey . . . Map (db m265736) HM
59 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — J.O. Hinton House — c. 1913
Neo-classical Revival style house built as investment property for James Oscar Hinton (1873-1952), manager of City Laundry; and wife, Estelle Shepard (1875-1960). The second story was added in the late 1920s during the ownership of the Rev. Royall, . . . Map (db m265902) HM
60 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Jaffι House — 1932-1934
Tudor Revival style house built for Harry Jaffι (1887-1962), native of Leeds, England; and wife, Dora Wolff (1887-1973), Native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, proprietors of Castle Street Furniture Company. Mirror image cottage design attributed . . . Map (db m265483) HM
61 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — James D. Nutt House — 1912
English Cotswald Cottage style house built for James Dixon Nutt (1859-1929), druggist; and wife, Willie Flowers (1863-1919). For several years he was Deputy Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, in North Carolina. The house . . . Map (db m265868) HM
62 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — James J. Allen House — c.1910
Neoclassical Revival style house built for James Joseph Allen (1874-1953), native of Michigan, commission merchant and wholesale grocer; and wife, Marion Banks (1878-1967). Purchased in 1912 by John Haar (1844-1921), Register of Deeds for 18 years; . . . Map (db m262916) HM
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63 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Jesse James Mohn House — 1938
Craftsman style bungalow built for Jesse James Mohn (1903-1967), native of Pender County, furniture store salesman and bondsman; and wife, Ruth Vestus Gore (1917-1993), native of Columbus County and waitress at Dixie Cafe. The Mohns also ran the . . . Map (db m265691) HM
64 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — John C. Wessell House — c. 1917
Prairie style house built for John Charles Wessell (1877-1960), physician and surgeon; and wife, Isabelle Struthers (1883-1962), native of Columbus County. The New Hanover County tuberculosis hospital was named in his honor for his long service in . . . Map (db m265944) HM
65 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — John Hall House — 1911 — Rogers & Thomas, contractors —
Neoclassical Revival style house built for John Hall (1879-1983) of Hall & Pearsall, Inc., wholesale grocers and importers, and wife Katherine Hoke (1886-1968), native of Lincolnton, N.C. House remained in family until 1973; moved from 6 South Ninth . . . Map (db m263052) HM
66 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — John Kay House — 1921
Neoclassical style house built for John Wolcott Kay (1890-1927), native of Weldon, NC, physician; and wife, Willie Virginia Otey (1894-1992), native of Raleigh, NC, dressmaker and designer. Served the Black community as a funeral home for seven . . . Map (db m265246) HM
67 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — John William King House — c. 1871
Built for John William King (1851-1923), upholsterer, and wife, Carrie V. Williams (1852-1935). Remained in family for twenty-four years. In 1929, purchased by Frank P. Newkirk (1895-1975), elevator operator at the US custom house; and wife, Lizzie . . . Map (db m263319) HM
68 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Katharine M. Harriss House — 1911 — Lawrence A.H. Koeth, Architect —
Shingle style house built for Mrs. Katharine Grady Meares Harriss (1853-1925), widow of George Nehemiah Harriss (1851-1907), and children. Inherited by daughter Esther (Essie) Exum Harriss (1893-1992).Map (db m265889) HM
69 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Kennedy-Forehand House — c. 1908
Queen Anne style house built as rental property for Lorenzo D. Kennedy (c.1850-1921), grocer and baker; and wife, Sarah J. Nash (c. 1853-unk.). Purchased in 1945 by John Lee Forehand (1906-1992), native of Charleston, West Virginia, laborer; and . . . Map (db m265317) HM
70 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Koch-Sharpless House — 1906
Neoclassical Revival style house built for William H.M. Koch (1849-1928), native of Walsdorf, Germany, insurance agent. Purchased in 1942 by Ellsworth Nathan Sharpless (1905-1966), lab technician at US Custom house; and wife, Sadie Willis . . . Map (db m263328) HM
71 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Kuhlken-Hanby House — c. 1919
Craftsman style house built for John G. Kuhlken (1871-1953), grocer; and wife, Bertha J. Wrede (1855-1964), natives of Germany. Remodeled to duplex in 1921. In 1924, purchased by John R. Hanby (1872-1948), owner of the Crescent Motor Co. Chrysler . . . Map (db m265836) HM
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72 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Lacy-Hunnicutt House — 1916
Craftsman style bungalow built for Leo Lacy (1888-1946), native of Petersburg, VA, stenographer Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Katie Yopp (1890-1990). Sold in 1944 to Omega Hunnicutt (1901-1981), native of Raleigh, NC, department manager . . . Map (db m266413) HM
73 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Legion Stadium — 1938
Sports arena built as a jobs-creation project by the federal Works Progress Administration on land donated to New Hanover County by American Legion Post 10. They also gave $27,000 toward the $237,000 construction cost. It has been . . . Map (db m262253) HM
74 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Lewis-Telfair House — 1904
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Robert Banks Lewis (1867-1926), foreman at Wilmington Compress & Warehouse Company; wife, Mary Deborah van Orsdell (1867-1953). Purchased in 1946 by George Dereef Telfair (1905-1957), Black schoolteacher, . . . Map (db m263323) HM
75 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Little House — 1921
Dutch Colonial Revival style house built for Fred E. Little (1891-1975), native of Charlotte, president of Wilmington Printing Company, commissioner of Wilmington Housing Authority for 25 years; and wife, Elizabeth Albright (1885-1982), native of . . . Map (db m265834) HM
76 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Marshall House — c. 1915
Simplified shingle style house built for Basil Humphrey Marshall (1870-1951), native of Jacksonville, NC, and for fifty-six years the manager of the pass bureau of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Maria Octavia Styron (1881-1966).Map (db m265935) HM
77 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Maunder House — 1882
Italianate style house built for John Maunder (1825-1897), native of New York, marble yard owner, city alderman; and wife, Martha Orrell (1837-1927). Purchased in 1918 by Robert Stedman McKeithan (1884-1955), fertilizer salesman; and wife, Luola Gay . . . Map (db m265377) HM
78 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — McCabe-Bellamy House — 1916
Prairie style house built for Myra Bell McCabe (1885-1916), native of Cumberland County, NC, stenographer; and husband, John Boyle McCabe (1877-1935), native of Sterling, IL, accountant, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Purchased in 1921 by William . . . Map (db m265657) HM
79 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — McCaig House — 1912
Prairie style house built for William Dougal McCaig (1873-1951), native of Shamokin, PA, vice-president of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Henrie Walker (1883-1935), native of Brunswick County. Purchased in 1951 by Charles Wessell, Jr. . . . Map (db m265891) HM
80 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — McCord House — 1917
Craftsman style bungalow built for William H. Johnston, watchmaker; and wife, Agnes. One year later sold to McCamey Wilson McCord (1881-1936), native of Paw Creek, NC, operator of Orton Hotel Barber Shop; and wife, Sarah Hollis (1892-1991), . . . Map (db m266420) HM
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81 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — McCulloch B. Wilson House — 1920; 1932
Originally built in bungalow-style for McCulloch Brogden Wilson (1884-1969), auditor for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and wife, Alma Kate Peschau (1890-1929). House enlarged in 1932 to Dutch Colonial Revival style after Wilson's second marriage . . . Map (db m265852) HM
82 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — McGhee House — c. 1904
Residence built for Henry McGhee (1869-1918), cook; and wife, Elizabeth Whitehead (1873-1931). Three of their eleven children remained in the house after their parent's deaths: Hettie, a seamstress; Mozelle, a Peabody School teacher, and Lisbon . . . Map (db m265025) HM
83 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Mohn-Hartley House — 1938
Craftsman style bungalow built as investment property for Jesse James Mohn (1903-1967), native of Pender County, salesman and bail bondsman; and wife, Ruth Vestus Gore (1917-1993), native of Columbus County. Purchased in 1952 by Harvey Hill Hartley . . . Map (db m265689) HM
84 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Moore-Davis House — c. 1898
Built as rental property for James Henry Moore (1846-1927), farmer and native of Pender County. Purchased in 1970 by French Isadore Davis, Jr. (1916-1980), funeral director and community leader; and wife, Bennye Louise Newell (1923-2010), native of . . . Map (db m265067) HM
85 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Morris-Bailey House — c. 1881
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
86 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Mosley House — c.1869; c.1906
Some interior framing and architectural features survive from early structure built for William Mosley (1812-1895), businessman; and wife, Margaret Mills (1824-1870s). Enlarged and altered in Queen Anne style when inherited by Levi McKoy Mosley . . . Map (db m265027) HM
87 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Northrop House — 1904 — Henry E. Bonitz, architect —
Queen Anne style house built as investment property for Robert Houston Northrop (1872-1949), lumber inspector for Northrop Lumber Co., and manager of J.G. Wright & Son Realtors and Developers; and wife, Mary Wright (1874-1923).Map (db m262748) HM
88 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Oakdale Cemetery — 1852-1855 — L. Turner, surveyor —
North Carolina's first “rural cemetery,” incorporated as the Wilmington Cemetery Company by an act of legislature on March 4, 1852. The sixty-five acre site offered high land, picturesque topography, streams and native vegetation. Organizers were . . . Map (db m265498) HM
89 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Orrell House — 1918
Craftsman style bungalow built for John Aaron Orrell (1895-1928), car inspector at the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Fannie Elizabeth Mason (1889-1961), florist, owner and operator of the Powder Puff Beauty Shop which operated within the . . . Map (db m265303) HM
90 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Page-Ward House — 1911
Neoclassical Revival style house built for William Oscar Page (1870-1953), native of Warsaw, N.C., and wife Bertha Ida Barber (1872-1951). He owned the Greenfield Milling Company. Purchased in 1940 by Marsden Bruce Ward, Jr. (1896-1977), marine . . . Map (db m262220) HM
91 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Patterson House — 1922
Craftsman style bungalow built for George Kernodle Patterson (1891-1971), native of Winston-Salem, dentist, WWI veteran; and wife, Beatrice Hamilton (1892-1961), native of Marysville, TN. Purchased in 1940 by Porter L. Hufham (1913-1944), native of . . . Map (db m266426) HM
92 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Penny House — 1900
Queen Anne style house built for William Jefferson Penny (1843-1900), native of Pender County, dry goods merchant; and wife, Lula Potter (1855-1915). Inherited by daughter, Virginia Gertrude Penny (1867-1934). In 1928, became residence of . . . Map (db m263021) HM
93 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Pickard-Newboles House — 1919 — Lynch and Foard, architects —
Neoclassical Revival style house built for Eugene R. Pickard (1878-1963), native of Monroe, NC, owner of Queen City Cycles; and wife, Doris Bornemann (1886-1952), teacher at Cornelius Harnett School. Purchased in 1955 by Wayne Bert Newboles . . . Map (db m266421) HM
94 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Pine Forest Cemetery — 1860
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
95 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Piner House — 1917
Craftsman style bungalow built as investment property for William Struthers, Jr. (1880-1939), native of Camden, NJ, real estate developer; and wife, Mamie D. Morrill (1882-1967). Purchased in 1918 by brothers, Charles E. Piner (1896-1938), brick . . . Map (db m266579) HM
96 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Plummer House — 1912
Queen Anne style house built for John Wilkinson Plummer, Jr. (1874-1934), native of Plummersville, Robeson County, confectioner; and wife, Caroline Rowell King (1886-1959). In 1923, he became the first mayor of Carolina Beach where he managed the . . . Map (db m264810) HM
97 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Polvogt Row Houses — 1914-1915 — Renovation, 1983 —
Begun in 1914 and finished in 1915, the nine-unit apartment building was constructed as investment property for Carl W. Polvogt (1865-1929), dry goods merchant; and wife, Mary Augusta Lessman (1867-1949). Wilmington's only existing row houses were . . . Map (db m265306) HM
98 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Powell-Graham House — 1919
Craftsman style house built as investment property for William Pender Powell (1884-1967), native of Pender County, retail grocer; and wife, Margery Theresa Bate (1888-1953). Purchased in 1954 by Alice Jennette Herring Graham (1905-2004), native of . . . Map (db m262751) HM
99 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Provost Cottage — 1916
Cottage built for Cora Lee Provost (1866-1928), native of Onslow County, NC, domestic. From 1947 to 1963, residence of William Tillman Cooper, Sr. (1893-1955), native of SC, neighborhood grocer; and wife, Mary Hickman Cooper (1899-1969), native of . . . Map (db m267318) HM
100 North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington — Reese House — 1915
Craftsman style gable-roofed frame bungalow built by the Carolina Building, Savings & Loan Association for Pryor Wilson Reese (1889-1971), native of Arden, NC and clerk for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; and wife, Annie Lulu Brown (1890-1978), native . . . Map (db m266431) HM

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