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  2. Murchison Building - Wikipedia

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    The Murchison Building is an eleven-story brick and marble building in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.It occupies the corner of Front and Chestnut Street. Sitting on historic waterfront property, the building overlooks the Cotton Exchange and Cape Fear Community College to the north, USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial and Cape Fear to the west, Riverfront Park and Chandlers Wharf to the ...

  3. Burgwin-Wright House - Wikipedia

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    Burgwin-Wright House. / 34.235; -77.946. Built in 1770, the Burgwin-Wright House is the only structure in Wilmington, North Carolina, from the colonial era open to the public. Built for merchant, planter and government official John Burgwin, all rooms are furnished with 18th and 19th century antiques and showcase hundreds of objects.

  4. Sunset Park Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Sunset Park Historic District. /  34.20389°N 77.94583°W  / 34.20389; -77.94583. Sunset Park is a neighborhood south of the Historic Downtown of Wilmington, in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. It was designated a national historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

  5. Cape Fear Museum of History and Science - Wikipedia

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    Restored 1876 classroom at Cape Fear Museum. Fox exhibit at Cape Fear Museum. Cape Fear Museum of History and Science is a museum located at 814 Market Street in downtown Wilmington in southeastern North Carolina. Founded in 1898, it is the oldest history museum in the state. [1]

  6. Cape Fear Club - Wikipedia

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    206 Chestnut St, Wilmington. , NC. Cape Fear Club is a private gentlemen's club in Wilmington, North Carolina, founded in 1866, making it the 6th oldest in the Southern United States after the Metropolitan Club and before The Oglethorpe Club. It is described as "a business and professional men's club" [1] that was founded in 1866 by former ...

  7. Figure Eight Island - Wikipedia

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    Figure Eight Island is a barrier island in the U.S. state of North Carolina, just north of Wrightsville Beach, widely known as an affluent summer colony and vacation destination. [2] The island is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Area, and lies between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean.

  8. List of professional sports teams in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Hockey. National Hockey League. Carolina Hurricanes. American Hockey League. Charlotte Checkers. Southern Professional Hockey League. Fayetteville Marksmen. Federal Prospects Hockey League. Carolina Thunderbirds.

  9. Cape Fear (region) - Wikipedia

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    Cape Fear is a coastal plain and Tidewater region of North Carolina centered about the city of Wilmington. [1] The region takes its name from the adjacent Cape Fear headland, as does the Cape Fear River which flows through the region and empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the cape. Much of the region's populated areas are found along the ...