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7 b&w photos
7 data pages
1 photo caption pages

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TITLE:
Wilmington City Hall-Thalian Hall, 102 North Third Street, Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC

CALL NUMBER:
HABS NC,65-WILM,4-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 7 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 6 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS NC-7

Building/structure dates: 1855 initial construction

Significance: Wilmington City Hall/Thalian Hall has housed city government and community theater continuously since 1855. Designed by John Montague Trimble, the building is of restrained, neo-classical design with flamboyant Victorian Italianate details typical of Wilmington architecture of this period. Thalian Hall survives today as the best example of 19th century theater architecture in North Carolina, and one of the few remaining examples in the nation. City Hall/Thalian Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

SUBJECTS:
NORTH CAROLINA--New Hanover County--Wilmington
municipal government
theatrical productions
city & town halls

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nc0364

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. front elevations
2. oblique of front and side elevations
3. detail, showing city hall entrance
4. Thalian Hall entrance, side elevation
5. interior of Thalian Hall, balconies
6. interior of Thalian Hall, partial view of balconies and stage
7. interior of Thalian Hall, stage

CONTROL #:
NC0364

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