New Hanover County
Public Library
The New Hanover County Public Library, Main Branch, is located at
201 Chestnut Street, corner of Third
Street, Wilmington,
North Carolina.
There is one hour of free
parking for Library patrons in the County parking
structure, right side, ground floor parking. The garage is adjacent to the Library; enter off Second Street.
For those doing research in the North Carolina Room, extended parking is free
for those entering the longer term parking to the left (North side)
of the County garage.
Your parking ticket can be validated in the North Carolina Room.
The North Carolina Room on
the second floor of Main Library
has an extensive collection
of records for New Hanover County
and adjacent counties,
including Federal and State Census records
and indexes, Cemetery records,
land ownership records,
City Directories (1860-2001) and architectural records.
Photo
Tour of the North Carolina Room
North Carolina Room Policies and Procedures
North Carolina Room Newspapers on Microfilm
The Library Catalog, the Photo collections and further information are
available on the Library website.
The
New Hanover County Public Library North Carolina Room website
Very Special and Unique
North Carolina Room collections include:
Bill
Reaves Collection
Newspaper clippings, 1865 -1999
The
Robert M. Fales Photo Collection
1364 Historical Wilmington and New Hanover County photos
collected by
Dr Fales,
the author of the book A History of Wilmington in Pictures,
in
which 150 of the photos appear.
The
Louis T. Moore Photograph Collection
976 photographs, mostly of New Hanover County and vicinity.
A remarkable
collection of photos,
taken between 1921 and 1941,
when Mr. Moore was secretary of the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce.
Port
City Architecture
Founded in 1739, Wilmington
was historically North Carolina's largest town and busiest port. Located
on the Cape Fear River, it was also a prominent rail center. Much of
the old town has been preserved through the efforts of the Historic
Wilmington Foundation and documented through the research materials
at the New Hanover County Public Library. Featured here is the Historic
Plaque Program, where preservation and education come together to
showcase the city's architectural, social, cultural, business and family
history.
The above three websites are available at the website of the NHC Public
Library
