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2506
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John Coffin Wood and Robert Barclay Wood, Wilmington builders and brick masons during the mid-19th Century, left their mark on the city with structures like the Grace Street Methodist Church and the City Hall-Thalian Hall.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 39 Issue 1, Dec 1994,
punnumbered, il, por, f
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3181
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Thalian Hall in Wilmington is often called the city's crown jewel. Built in 1855, it is the last surviving theater of 19th-century American theater architect John Montague. The theater is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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8857
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In 1854, Wilmington's town commissioners contracted for a new theater as well as a new city hall. The result was Thalian Hall, which opened in 1858 and could seat 1,000 people. The list of performers from that date down to the present reads like a who's who of national and international entertainers. Tony Rivenbark, who became the theater's executive director in 1979, has been associated with the theater over forty years--as a student at Wilmington College (now UNCW), as a performer in over seventy-five plays, and as a chronicler and preserver of the theater's history. Thalian Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 12, May 2007,
p86-88, 90, 92-93, il, por
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17743
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The author disputes Martin Rozear's claim that the first established hospital was in Portsmouth 1846-1847, an article that appeared in the previous issue of this journal. Watson pulls from fragmentary evidence to argue the first designed hospital was privately funded and built in Wilmington during the mid-1830s. This facility closed sometime in the late 1830s.
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19225
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Historic preservation is credited with saving downtown Wilmington from the 20th-century trend of populations moving to the suburbs. Established in 1733, this waterfront city was designed by some of the century's foremost architects. A major push for city planning came at a proposed bridge over the Cape Fear River which would negatively affect the city's application for federal urban renewal funds. Cooperatively working with employees from the Department of Conservation and Development in Raleigh and the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, a city planning team for Wilmington worked to identify preservation issues of the downtown area.
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22186
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A reprint of an address given by North Carolina Congressman John D. Bellamy to the 57th Congress of the United States about H.R. 17356, a bill to erect an equestrian statue of Revolutionary War Major General Robert Howe in Wilmington, NC. Biographical, career, and military information on Howe is provided.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 7 Issue 3, January 1908,
p165-192
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24197
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The port of Wilmington is making improvements that will allow it to handle large shipping containers. Improvements included installing four massive cranes at the port.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 5, May 2007,
p44-51, il
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28275
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The Smith-Anderson House of Wilmington is one of the oldest in the city. The house owes its name from the two families that have kept ownership for over 150 years.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Feb 1965,
p7-8, il
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