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Wilmington Historic District, Jowaha Building, 2 South Water Street, Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC
Summary
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
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Harper, John W
Stone, B O
Stone, R R
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Gunter, Carol, historian
Location
Wilmington Beach, 34.23489, -77.94981
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
