John A. Taylor House
Contributors:
Benjamin Gardner, attributed builder (ca. 1846);
Charles McMillen, architect
Variant Name(s):
Wilmington Light Infantry Armory
Dates:
Ca. 1846; 1902
Location:
Wilmington, New Hanover County
Street Address:
411 Market St., Wilmington, NC
Status:
Standing
Type:
Residential
Images Published In:
Catherine W. Bishir, North Carolina Architecture (1990).
Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (1996).
Note:
The marble-fronted brick mansion of severe Greek Revival design is unique in the state. It is attributed to Gardner in later 19th century newspaper accounts (see Wilmington Dispatch of July 28, 1896). The Wilmington Star of July 2, 1902, noted that McMillen had designed “extensive and costly repairs” to the building.