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North Front and Chestnut streets, looking north.

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Title	North Front and Chestnut streets, looking north.
Subject	N. Front Street, Chestnut Street, Murchison Building, Feast of Pirates
Description	At eleven stories, the Murchison-First Union Building is the tallest structure in Wilmington. Built 1913-1914, Wilmington native, Kenneth M. Murchison (1872-1938) of New York, was the architect for the Neoclassical Revival building, which originally was the site of the Murchison Bank on the first floor. The offices of a number of doctors, dentists and a variety of businesses occupied the upper stories. For a number of years, the offices and plant of the Wilmington Star-News was located on the west end of the ground floor. In 1972, the First Union Bank moved into the ground floor and the building was renamed. The side of the Murchison National Bank Building-Acme Building on the northeast corner of Front and Chestnut streets, is in the foreground. Crowds gathered along the curb in anticipation of a Feast of Pirates parade. Note street car tracks. Murchison Building is on left.
Date	c. 1928
Identifier	Louis T. Moore Collection 792
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