Making History

December 2019

HWF Debuts New Plaques for Oldest Structures

• December 3, 2019 Star News: Historic Wilmington Foundation to debut new markers for oldest structures

September 2019

August 2019

HWF’s Executive Director Featured in Salt Magazine

• August 30, 2019 Salt Magazine: The Conversation

July 2019

2019-2020 List of Most Threatened Places

• July 24, 2019 Star News: Historic foundation announces Cape Fear’s most threatened places

• July 24, 2019 Star News PHOTOS: Wilmington area’s most threatened places

• July 24, 2019 WWAY: Historic Wilmington Foundation Announces List of ‘Most Threatened Places’

• July 24, 2019 WECT: Wilmington Nonprofit Releases List of Most Threatened Places

HWF Partners with the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust to Restore Reaves Chapel

Listed as one of HWF’s 2019-2020 Most Threatened Places, Reaves Chapel is now being stabilized.

• July 23, 2019 Coastal Review Online: Work Begins on Reaves Chapel Restoration

• September 20, 2019 Wilmington Business Journal: Banking On History

June 2019

2019 Carr Memorial Plaque Dedication

• May 24, 2019 WWAY: Plaque Commemorates Historic Role of Williston High School

• May 24, 2019 Star News: Williston recognized for contributions to Wilmington’s History

• May 24, 2019 Star News: PHOTOS: Williston recognized for historical impact

• May 21, 2019 New Hanover County Schools: Historic Wilmington Foundation to Present Building Plaque for the former Williston Industrial High School

HWF Advocates for Preservation During Project Grace Planning

A proposed project in New Hanover County includes the demolition of two historic buildings. HWF advocates to preserve the buildings and suggests including them in an adaptive reuse project.

• June 14, 2019 Wilmington Biz Magazine: OpEd A Future That Respects the Past

• May 12, 2019 WHQR Public Media: What Next For Project Grace?

• April 20, 2019 Star News: Letter to the Editor

• April 16, 2019 Wilmington Business Journal: County Commissioners to Pursue 2 Tracks on Project Grace

• April 15, 2019 WHQR Public Media: Project Grace Surprise at New Hanover County Commission Meeting

• March 27, 2019 WHQR Public Media: Coastline: Project Grace

• February 26, 2019 encore Pub: Project Grace Causes a Disparagement of Opinion

• February 19, 2019 WHQR Public Media: Project Grace Coming Into Focus

• September 26, 2018 encore Pub: GHOSTS OF DEVELOPMENT: Project Grace stirs up concern over downtown’s public library and development plans

April 2019

2019 Azalea Festival Home Tour

• April 2019 Our State: The Hosts with the Most

• April 2019 Salt Magazine: Story of a House

• March 31, 2019 Port City Daily: Visit the Walk to Remember House and More on the Azalea Festival Home Tour