Table of Contents / List of Historic Sites
Part One: City Living
Part Two: Residences
Part Three: Community Spaces
Part Four: Commercial & Office Spaces
Part Five: Wilmington Harbor
Part Six: Industrial & Manufacturing Sites
Part Seven: Leisure Places
Part Eight: Recently Departed
- Colonial Wilmington
- Market Street in 1855
- Wilmington in 1865
- Market Street West
- Market Street East
- Third Street
- The Kenan Fountain
- Streets, Granite Curbing, Sidewalks and Retaining Walls
- Streetcars & Beach Cars
- Carolina Heights & Winoca Terrace
Part Two: Residences
- The First House in Wilmington
- Maynard & Hilton
- The Governor’s Mansion
- Brickhouse House
- Captain Samuel Potter House
- Dr. Cranmer House
- Hill-Wright-Wootten House
- Sorosis Club House
- Edward Kidder House
- Kenan House
- Greek Revival-Style Townhouses
- P.K. Dickinson House
- James Dawson House
- Mrs. Davis’ Boarding House
- Robert H. Cowan House
- John L. Holmes House
- MacRae’s Scottish Castle
- The Drs. Thomas House
- Bellamy and Sprunt Houses
- Springer House
- Vollers House
- Hicks House
- The Captain John F. Devine House
Part Three: Community Spaces
- U.S. Post Office
- Post Office Park & Woodrow Wilson Huts
- U.S. Custom House & Alton Lennon Federal Building
- Market Houses
- Wilmington Railroads
- Bluethenthal Field
- Seaman’s Bethel
- Marine Hospital
- City Hospital
- James Walker Memorial Hospital
- Community Hospital
- Harper’s Sanitarium
- Babies Hospital
- YMCA
- Ruth Hall
- Boys Brigade Armory
- Williston School
- Tileston School
- Union School
- Hemenway Hall
- Isaac Bear School
- James B. Dudley School
- Wrightsboro School
- Academy of Incarnation
- St. James Church
- St. Philips Church
- St. John’s Episcopal Church
- Front Street Methodist Church
- Grace Methodist Church
- St. Luke’s A.M.E. Zion Church
- First Presbyterian Church
- St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
- Immanuel Presbyterian Church
- Brooklyn & Calvary Baptist Churches
- First Baptist Church
- Shiloh Baptist Church
- Mount Nebo Baptist Church
- First Advent Christian Church
- First Church of Christ, Scientist
- St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Oakdale Cemetery
Part Four: Commercial & Office Spaces
- Market Street Trade
- Masonic Hall
- Carolina Hotel
- McEachern Feed & Grain Store
- The Unlucky Corner
- City Laundry Company
- North Front Street
- Bank of Cape Fear
- Bank of New Hanover
- Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
- Southern Building
- The Garrell Building and Tide Water Power & Light Company
- The Bauhaus Building
- The Odd Fellows Building
- Livery Stables
- Filling Stations
- Jewish Merchants
- Gaylord’s Big Racket Store, Belk-Williams & Belk-Beery
- Einstein Bros. & Efird’s Department Stores
- The Five & Ten Cent Store
- Merchants & Storekeepers
- Brooklyn and North Fourth Street Business District
- Castle Street & Dry Pond
- Eating Establishments
- The Purcell House
- The Orton Hotel
- The Colonial Inn and Colonial Apartments
- Hotel Wilmington
- Hotel Brunswick
- Timme Plaza Hotel
- Tourist Cabins, Motor Courts and Motels
Part Five: Wilmington Harbor
- The Historical Waterfront
- J. W. Murchison Company
- Hall & Pearsall Warehouse
- C. D. Maffitt Building
- JoWaHa
- Ferries & Bridges
- Steamboats
- Tugboats
- Fireboats
- The Waterfront After World War II
- USS North Carolina
- Fergus’ Ark Floating Restaurant
- Urban Renewal
- Revitalization
- The Cotton Exchange & Chandler’s Wharf
Part Six: Industrial & Manufacturing Sites
- Naval Stores and Other Wood Products
- The Natural Ice Trade
- Cotton
- Fertilizer
- Spofford Mill and Mill Village
- Ethyl-Dow Chemical Company
Part Seven: Leisure Places
- The Bijou
- Royal Theatre
- Victoria~Carolina~Colony Theatre
- Bailey Theatre
- Plantation Club & Jo’s Club
- Dairy Queen
- Miljo Drive In
- Greenfield Lake and Gardens
- Cape Fear Country Club
- Masonboro Sound
- Pembroke Park
- Harbor Island Auditorium
- U.S.O. Club at Harbor Island
- Early Lumina
- Later Lumina
- Seashore Hotel ~ Ocean Terrace Hotel
- The Blockade Runner Hotel
- Hotel Tarrymore ~ Oceanic Hotel
- Carolina Yacht Club
- Hanover Seaside Club
- Johnnie Mercer’s Pier
- Shell Island
- Station One at Wrightsville Beach
- Beach Cottages
- Beach Inns and Guesthouses
- Carolina Beach
Part Eight: Recently Departed
- Sneeden’s Store
- Annie B. Snipes School
- Fifth Avenue Baptist Church & Fellowship Hall
- North Side Demolition
- The Ritz Theatre
- Belvedere Plantation
- Other Residential
- Wilmington Police Department
- 1950s Wilmington International Airport Terminal
- Taylor Homes
- Almont Shipping Terminal
- ABC Store Neighborhood
- Carolina Beach
- Whitey’s El-Berta Restaurant and Motor Inn