Wilmington, NC, has a rich history. So, it seems logical to ask...
What is ... The oldest house in Wilmington?
Ben Steelman
StarNews
That’s a tough question, in part because a lot of the city’s oldest buildings aren’t being used as residences anymore.
While Wilmington is a comparatively old city (for North Carolina, at least), surprisingly few buildings survive from the 1700s. Most of the early structures were wood, and firefighting technology was fairly primitive, so a number of fires in the late 1700s and early 1800s destroyed much of Wilmington’s earlier heritage.
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