5 in Carolina Place, which is now a residential home.) (There are only six landmarks in the city, including the old Fire Station No. The HPC consists of nine council-appointed members who hear and decide requests for Certificates of Appropriateness, which allow for exterior changes to a property, in accordance with the adopted Wilmington Design Guidelines for historic districts and landmarks. It is a federally recognized historic district, but as such it faces far fewer regulations than its local counterparts, which are under the jurisdiction of the city’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC). “Abolition of the racially motivated restrictive covenants has made possible a multicultural flavor.”īecause of its strong historical roots, Gilbert and the WHF are pushing for the neighborhood - along with Brookwood to the east and Westbrook-Ardmore to the southwest - to become a locally protected historic district. “These factors have contributed to a strong sense of continuity and pride in Carolina Place, even as socio-economic changes in Wilmington have altered the neighborhood’s population mix,” according to the application. Although the American Suburban Corporation initially banned Black residents during the Jim Crow era, a more diverse population later emerged. The federal application describes a major reason why there exists a certain pride in the neighborhood: Many homes had remained in the same families’ ownership since construction, and many of those families have had other relatives living in the neighborhood. There are also four Classical Revival and Queen Anne-style mansions on both sides of Market Street, between 17th and 18th streets, appropriately named the “Mansion District.” Most homes are Craftsman bungalows built between 1906 and World War II. These nice tree-lined boulevards, the front-porch culture, the close-knit homes that create that neighborly feel: How can you not be friends with your neighbors when you’re in a setting like this?” “And I also see a wonderful palette for the ‘City Beautiful’ movement. “These middle-class workers - this is where they came to live,” Gilbert said. Travis Gilbert, a 27-year-old historian and executive director of the Wilmington Historic Foundation, said the historic charm of the neighborhood comes from its modest bungalows and Late Victorian cottages. Many also worked as electricians at the Tidewater Power Company. Most of its early residents worked on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which entered downtown from the northeast, near the company’s headquarters at the Wilmington Union Station on Front and Red Cross streets.Īccording to an application submitted to the National Parks Service in 1992 - Carolina Place was included on the National Register of Historic Places a month later - other original residents consisted of realtors, insurance agents, carpenters, plumbers, engineers, several owners of retail shops, a minister, and the owner of a candy factory. The tightly clustered homes were constructed for blue-collared workers looking to escape downtown on the city’s new trolley line to the coast.
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