U.S. Comptroller General, 1940-54; Member, U.S. House, 1925-40. Sponsor, Cape Hatteras National Seashore Act. Lived here.
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The first Roman Catholic church in North Carolina. Consecrated, 1829. Burned by Federal troops, 1864. Stood one block east.
Toured coastal towns, 1913-1941. Edna Ferber's 1925 visit to ship, then docked nearby, was basis for her novel Show Boat.
Merchant & land speculator. Shipping interests across eastern N.C.; also invested in western N.C. land. Home stood here.
Anglican minister to N.C., 1753-71. Served parish of St. Thomas & as chaplain to Gov. Arthur Dobbs. Erected first glebe house on record in the colony.
Episcopal. Was originally Blount’s Chapel. Built nearby ca. 1774 by Rev. Nathaniel Blount, who served until his death, 1816. Moved here, 1939.
Congressman from New York, 1821-39; House leader for Jackson & Van Buren; minister to Russia; merchant. Was born in this town, 1786.
Governor, 1889-91, state Adjutant General, 1863, Confederate officer, superior court judge, state legislator. His home stood here.
Home of motion picture producer Cecil B. DeMille & his father, playwright Henry C. DeMille, stood five blocks west.
Acting governor, 1753-54. Councilor, assemblyman, and Surveyor-General. Merchant in the Irish trade. His home was here.