Orton Hotel
Contributors:
Jacob S. Allen, contractor (1888);
Charles McMillen, architect (1906);
James Walker, supervising architect (1888);
J. A. Wood, architect (1888)
Dates:
1888
Location:
Wilmington, New Hanover County
Street Address:
109-117 N. Front St., Wilmington, NC
Status:
No longer standing
Type:
Commercial
Images Published In:
Susan Taylor Block, Cape Fear Lost (1999).
Beverly Tetterton, Wilmington: Lost But Not Forgotten (2005).
Note:
Joseph Hinton purchased the old Orton Hotel and was “having plans prepared by Charles McMillen for improvements” to cost about $20,000 (Manufacturers’ Record, Jan. 18, 1906). Whether these were executed is not known.
