Rankin-Orrell House

Contributors:

Howe Family, builders; John Harriss Howe, builder

Dates:

By 1895

Location:

Wilmington, New Hanover County

Street Address:

318 Orange St., Wilmington, NC

Status:

Standing

Type:

Residential

Note:

This was one of the twelve building included (and listed as “N.B. Rankin House”) in John Harriss Howe’s presentation of his work at the Atlanta Exposition in 1895. Built for Napoleon Brown Rankin, it is a very elaborate Queen Anne style house.