{"nrhp_refnum":"75001284","name":"Market Street Mansion District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1704, 1705, 1710, 1713 Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilmington","county":"New Hanover County","state":"NC","lat":34.23683305250006,"lon":-77.92693837916133,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-04-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of four large early twentieth century mansions along the 1700 block of Market Street in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, within the Carolina Heights and Carolina Place suburbs.","why_significant":"The houses are described as consistent examples of Neo-Classical and Georgian Revival design that reflect the wealth of the pre-World War I era. They were homes of railroad and industrial figures and heiress philanthropists. The district is also important as part of Carolina Heights and Carolina Place, early and ambitious planned suburbs.","narrative":"Four large houses on the 1700 block of Market Street in Wilmington form a district of early twentieth century mansions on a tree-shaded avenue lined with live oaks, brick walls and iron fences. The Bridgers-Emerson-Kenan House is a brick Georgian Revival mansion, while the Holt-Wise and Bridgers-Brooks houses are frame Neo-Classical Revival buildings with colossal porticoes. The fourth, the Bluethenhal House, is a brick Georgian Revival home begun in 1917. The houses sit in Carolina Heights and Carolina Place, suburbs developed from about 1908 with water, sewer, gas, electric lines and sidewalks. Mary Bridgers, daughter of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad president, helped drive the development and began three of the houses. Later owners included railroad executives and the Kenan sisters, heirs of a Flagler fortune, who gave generously to education. The district is valued for its grand architecture, its landscaping and its record of early suburban planning.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Burett H. Stephens (architect/builder of the Holt-Wise House and others in Carolina Heights); Leonard Schultz of New York (remodeling of Bridgers-Emerson-Kenan House after 1931 fire); Tom Hastings of Carrier & Hastings (interior changes)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival and Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked good and altered; the form checks both occupied and unoccupied status, with preservation work in progress. Present use is private residence; two houses were given to Wilmington College.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.74744-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/7215/47721546/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/75001284.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001284/b25667f544-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001284/b25667f544-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kenan_House_(Wilmington,_NC).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"08001414","name":"Westbrook-Ardmore Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/westbrook-ardmore-historic-district-08001414/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721546","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Street_Mansion_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986949"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/new-hanover-county/market-street-mansion-district-75001284/"}