Box 1

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Contains correspondence and documents from Monimia MacRae, daughter of Donald MacRae, regarding the history and architecture of the home, as well as documents related to the history and transfer of the property and its deeds.

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Contains correspondence among Monimia MacRae, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and St. James Parish regarding entering the MacRae House into the National Historic Register. The house was included as part of the Wilmington Historic District designation in 1974, and the framed certificate stating such is included here.

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Contains an August 15, 2003 article in the Wilmington Star-News about St. James receiving the Gertrude S. Caraway Award of Merit from Preservation North Carolina for its restoration of the MacRae House, and the April 2013 issue of Wrightsville Beach Magazine with a feature on the house and its restoration by the Church.

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Contains photographs and the corresponding CD by Beatrice Schomp of the MacRae House dedication event from April 15, 2012, as well as a CD of photographs from the MacRae House on the Historic Wilmington Foundation Home Tour for the 2013 Azalea Festival. Also includes two black-and-white photograph of the house with three printed copies.

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Contains three copies of the typed transcript of the deed to Mount Lebanon Chapel and grounds from the New Hanover County Registry. The typescript was transcribed in 1974, and the original deed is dated June 06, 1875.

Scope and Contents Contains correspondence on the Lebanon Chapel-adjacent land purchase by Pembroke Jones and his plan to close the roadway to the chapel that had previously been used by St. James. Letters are from the warden of the vestry, Clayton Giles, to various local lawyers asking their legal opinions on whether Jones had the right to close the road, as well as between St. James and Jones once a mutually agreed upon resolution was determined in 1906. A statement and receipts from the sale of the cottage...

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Contains articles and information about the history of the chapel, as well as a listing of those buried in the graveyard.

Scope and Contents Contains a copy of the May 1976 Lebanon Chapel property special report to the wardens and vestry of St. James regarding ownership of the property, as well as correspondence from March 1979-May 1980 between St. James and St. Andrew's On-the-Sound about the possible, and ultimate decision against, transferring the property to St. Andrew's. Two letters from Anne Russell describing the enclosed poem her aunt wrote about the chapel circa 1858 is also included, along with correspondence from...

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Contains information and research on the painting, Ecce Homo, which has been hung in St. James since 1751. It was found in a damaged Spanish ship that attacked the coast in 1748. It is believed to have been painted by the Spanish artist Francisco Pacheco. The painting depicts an image of Christ, the name meaning "Behold the Man." Images of the painting are included on informational cards from the church.

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Contains purchase information and articles related to other church-owned properties, such as Milton Hall and the old Wilmington Fire Station renamed Perry Hall.

See Also

For more information on the church building and associated renovations and upkeep, please refer to the Building and grounds sub-series within the Vestry series.