According to old maps and the Thomas Legion, there were four Confederate fortifications along the east bank of the Cape Fear River that may well have been the fortifications at what is now Sunset Park.
Those four are Davis Battery, Lee Battery, Campbell Battery and Meares Battery. All four were right by each other on a bluff overlooking the Cape Fear River about three miles below 1860s Wilmington.
Old B-R'er
Showing posts with label Sunset Park Wilmington NC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sunset Park Wilmington NC. Show all posts
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Sunset Park, Wilmington, NC-- Part 2
The subdivision had a newsletter called the Dramtree (for the tree on the Cape Fear River).
The subdivision is located just minutes from downtown and across the road from Greenfield Lake with its magnificent cypress trees.
They were added to the NRHP in 202. The subdivision is down to 225 acres now. Originally it was intended for the upper class, but the pressing need for housing during World War II caused more cheaply and quickly built homes to be constructed.
The subdivision was annexed into Wilmington in 1946.
Old B-Runner
The subdivision is located just minutes from downtown and across the road from Greenfield Lake with its magnificent cypress trees.
They were added to the NRHP in 202. The subdivision is down to 225 acres now. Originally it was intended for the upper class, but the pressing need for housing during World War II caused more cheaply and quickly built homes to be constructed.
The subdivision was annexed into Wilmington in 1946.
Old B-Runner
Sunset Park, Wilmington, NC-- Part 1
From the Sunset Park site.
The last post, I mentioned a skeleton being found at the construction site where the new, back in 1913, Sunset Park subdivision was being built. I had never heard of this neighborhood, but knew that the Confederates had built fortifications along the Cape Fear River and construction in the early 1900s had obliterated the remains of them.
Sunset Park was established in 1912 by the Fidelity Trust and Development Company which began selling lots October 5, 1912. It was a southern Wilmington subdivision of 442 acres which the corporation had purchased in 1911.
A topographical survey was made and roads and boulevards laid out. The original main entrance to the subdivision was on Northern Boulevard.
Highlights were its location along the Cape Fear River, 90-foot wide boulevards along with water and sewer systems.
Homes were built between 1812 and the 1960s, with most construction occurring during World War II between 1940 and 1943 to handle all the people coming to Wilmington to work at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, other war industries and the military.
I'll Have to Check This Subdivision Out the Next Time I'm In the Area. --Old B-R'er
The last post, I mentioned a skeleton being found at the construction site where the new, back in 1913, Sunset Park subdivision was being built. I had never heard of this neighborhood, but knew that the Confederates had built fortifications along the Cape Fear River and construction in the early 1900s had obliterated the remains of them.
Sunset Park was established in 1912 by the Fidelity Trust and Development Company which began selling lots October 5, 1912. It was a southern Wilmington subdivision of 442 acres which the corporation had purchased in 1911.
A topographical survey was made and roads and boulevards laid out. The original main entrance to the subdivision was on Northern Boulevard.
Highlights were its location along the Cape Fear River, 90-foot wide boulevards along with water and sewer systems.
Homes were built between 1812 and the 1960s, with most construction occurring during World War II between 1940 and 1943 to handle all the people coming to Wilmington to work at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, other war industries and the military.
I'll Have to Check This Subdivision Out the Next Time I'm In the Area. --Old B-R'er
Back in 1913, Workers Find a Skeleton at Confederate Fortification Near Wilmingtons
From the January 30, 2013, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then."
JANUARY 16, 1913-- "Workmen engaged in leveling the old fortifications on the Cape Fear River at Sunset Park found the complete skeleton of a man, supposedly a soldier. The bones were placed in a box and will be kept for awhile..
Confederate fortifications were once near the new Sunset Park neighborhood. Union troops later occupied them and there are reports of fighting there."
These would be fortifications further north along the Cape Fear River, closer to Wilmington than Fort Fisher.
Old B-Runner
JANUARY 16, 1913-- "Workmen engaged in leveling the old fortifications on the Cape Fear River at Sunset Park found the complete skeleton of a man, supposedly a soldier. The bones were placed in a box and will be kept for awhile..
Confederate fortifications were once near the new Sunset Park neighborhood. Union troops later occupied them and there are reports of fighting there."
These would be fortifications further north along the Cape Fear River, closer to Wilmington than Fort Fisher.
Old B-Runner
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