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EXTERIOR, NORTH SIDE AND EAST FRONT - Wilmington Historic District, Jowaha Building, 2 South Water Street, Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC
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Harper, John W
Stone, B O
Stone, R R
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Gunter, Carol, historian
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EXTERIOR, NORTH SIDE AND EAST FRONT - Wilmington Historic District, Jowaha Building, 2 South Water Street, Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC
Depicted place North Carolina; New Hanover County; Wilmington
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS NC,65-WILM,5-2
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The Jowaha Building was constructed for Captain John W. Harper; its name combines the first letters of his name. Purchased in 1911 by B.O. and R.R. Stone, a wholesale grocery company, the building was occupied by various grocers, ships chandlers, and an iron works. The building remained in possession of the Stone Family from 1911 to the present. O.E. Durant, a wholesale grocer and ship's chandler occupied the building from 1918 to 1972, evolving into one of the area's leading ship chandelling operations.
  • Survey number: HABS NC-325-A
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nc0362.photos.102484p
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Object location34° 13′ 32.02″ N, 77° 56′ 42″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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