Thursday, November 24, 2011

Bellamy Mansion


Bellamy Mansion 
Kennan Fountain 5th Ave and Market Streets 

One of the oldest remaining examples of an urban slave quarters in America.  
Fireplace in the slave quarters. 

19th century graffiti in the privy. 

Upstairs in the slave quarters, not open to visitors. 
In the old days,  the size of a privy or outhouse determined your status in the community. The Bellamy privy was very fancy being inside the slave quarters they had 6 holes.  The privy would be emptied every six months or so.  You can image the smell for the poor folks living above. 



















































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Fred the Ghost Wilmington NC

Welcome to Tour Old Wilmington's new blog site!

Fred the Ghost, pictured below is a great example of local spooky lore.

I took this picture in Paddy Hollows located in The Cotton Exchange in beautiful downtown Wilmington NC. It was about 4:oo pm in the afternoon. I had just finished talking to the bartender about the possibility of ghost haunting the old place. Goofing around, I took several pictures. In this one you can see the face of Fred the Ghost.
He is said to haunt the bar and loves to pull practicaljokes on the restaurant staff.

Posted by Lori Erwin
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