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The Wilmington Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 875 contributing buildings 38 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures in the historic core and surrounding residential sections of Wilmington.
"Sunset Park," a name submitted by Montrose Bain, circulation editor of the Wilmington Star, was the winning entry for a new 600-acre (2.4 km 2) development just 3 miles (4.8 km) south of downtown Wilmington along the Federal Point Road (Carolina Beach Road). The prize for his submission was $10.00.
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
Wilmington Beach was a coastal unincorporated community on Pleasure Island in North Carolina, United States [1] that was annexed by the town of Carolina Beach in 2000. Prior to the annexation, the small community was a buffer between Carolina Beach and Kure Beach. U.S. Highway 421 and Ocean Boulevard are the major roads through the area.
Wilmington is a port city in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States.With a population of 115,451 as of the 2020 census, it is the eighth-most populous city in the state. [7]
The district encompasses 337 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Wilmington. The district developed as Wilmington's first planned streetcar suburb between about 1906 and 1941 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. [2]
Wilmington insurrection of 1898 (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "History of Wilmington, North Carolina" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
1906 - Public library built. [11]1915 - Royal Theatre in business. [12]1919 - Customs House built. 1935 - WMFD radio begins broadcasting. [13]1947 - University of North Carolina at Wilmington established.