place

William Hooper School

1914 establishments in North Carolina1984 disestablishments in North CarolinaDefunct schools in North CarolinaEastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubsFormer school buildings in the United States
National Register of Historic Places in New Hanover County, North CarolinaNeoclassical architecture in North CarolinaSchool buildings completed in 1914School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North CarolinaSchools in Wilmington, North Carolina
William Hooper School (Wilmington, NC)
William Hooper School (Wilmington, NC)

William Hooper School is a historic school building located on Mears Street between South 4th and South 5th Streets in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was designed by Joseph F. Leitner's firm and is described as being in a Classical Revival style. It was built by Wallace & Osterman in 1914. Eliza Meares (1864-1926) was the school's first principal, serving from 1914 to 1925. The school closed in 1984 and in 1998 the building was converted to apartments for the elderly. It is named for William Hooper (1742-1790) of Boston, Massachusetts, who was a representative of North Carolina and signed the Declaration of Independence.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article William Hooper School (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

William Hooper School
South 4th Street, Wilmington

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: William Hooper SchoolContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 34.221388888889 ° E -77.942777777778 °
placeShow on map

Address

South 4th Street 1129
28401 Wilmington
North Carolina, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

William Hooper School (Wilmington, NC)
William Hooper School (Wilmington, NC)
Share experience

Nearby Places

George Davis Monument
George Davis Monument

The George Davis Monument is a monument to attorney and Confederate politician George Davis that was erected in Wilmington, North Carolina by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It was removed by the City of Wilmington in August 2021. Davis, a railroad attorney and minor local figure before the war, was a pro-Union member of the Whig Party. After secession, he accepted appointments to the Confederate senate and as attorney general. He was a skilled orator who spoke publicly in March 1861 that North Carolina should secede from the United States of America principally to preserve the economic interest in chattel slavery.The statue was unveiled on April 20, 1911 — 46 years after the defeat of the Confederacy.In the early morning hours of June 25, 2020, the City of Wilmington removed the statue of Davis "in order to protect the public safety and to preserve important historical artifacts."The dismantling was coincident with the firing of three city police officers following the discovery of their "brutally racist" discussions on official police recording equipment. The pedestal, with its false Lost Cause inscriptions, was covered with a shroud. By June 30, the pedestal was covered with a black shroud, which obscured the inscriptions.On August 2, 2021, the City Council voted to permanently remove the monument from public property. The city recognized ownership by Cape Fear 3, United Daughters of the Confederacy. The city will store away the statue and pedestal until the UDC is ready to take possession. In a statement, the government said it considered the matter of the disposition of the statue closed.