The Wilmington Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Wilmington,

New Hanover County, North Carolina New Hanover County is one of 100 List of counties in North Carolina, counties located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 225,702. Though the second-smallest NC county in land a ...

. The district encompasses 875 contributing buildings 38 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures in the historic core and surrounding residential sections of Wilmington. The district developed after Wilmington was laid out in 1737, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and

Bungalow A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof (usually with dormer windows), and may be surrounded by wide verandas. The first house in England that was classified as a b ...

American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its ...

style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed City Hall/Thalian Hall and

Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse, also known as the Customs House, is a historic Federal building and courthouse located at Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect un ...

. Other notable buildings include: * Smith-Anderson House (c. 1745) * St. John's Masonic Lodge (1803) * Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens (1771) * DuBois-Boatwright House * George Cameron House (c. 1800) * DeRosset House (c. 1845) *

Bellamy Mansion The Bellamy Mansion, built between 1859 and 1861, is a mixture of Neoclassical architectural styles, including Greek Revival and Italianate, and is located at 503 Market Street in the heart of downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. It is one of No ...

(1859) * Edward Latimer House (1882) * Burrus House (1880s) * McKoy House (1887) * Victoria Theatre (1915) * Cape Fear Hotel (1923-1925) * St. James Episcopal Church (begun 1839) designed by Thomas U. Walter * St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church (1846) * First Baptist Church (1859-1870) designed by Samuel Sloan * Temple of Israel (1875) * New Hanover County Courthouse (1892) * St. Mary's Catholic Church (1912). It was listed on the

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in 1974, with a boundary increase in 2003.

Gallery

File:City Hall-Thalian Hall - Wilmington.jpg, City Hall/Thalian Hall, 2012 File: New Hanover County Courthouse (March 2023) 17.jpg ,

New Hanover County Courthouse New Hanover County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located in Wilmington, North Carolina Wilmington is a port city in and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States. With a popula ...

, 2023 File:Bellamy-Wiggins Building.jpg, Bellamy-Wiggins Building, 2020

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Wilmington, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in New Hanover County, North Carolina {{NewHanoverCountyNC-NRHP-stub