Wilmington, North Carolina

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1 S 4th St. (1875-76) Moorish style. Oldest Jewish house of worship in North Carolina. The congregation was established in 1872. Architect: Alex Strausz, in possible collaboration with Samual Sloan of Philadelphia.

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412 Ann St. (1871-72 and later additions) Italianate center building designed by John Fox of Boston.

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220 S 5th Avenue (1908-11) Spanish Baroque Revival of shaped brick and tiles; no steel, wood, or nails. Declared a shrine of the Raleigh Diocese. Designed by Rafael Guastavino. This rear side quarter-view is from Ann St.

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Side view from Ann St.

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View from 5th Avenue.

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409 S 5th Avenue (circa 1889-90) A Victorian-Gothic church built by Porter and Goodwin of Goldsboro, NC. The architect was B.D. Price of Philadelphia. Wilmingtonian E.V. Richards designed the stained glass. The education wing, built in 1921, was named for Charlie Jones Soong, a Chinese ship stowaway who was baptized here. Mr. Soong's two daughters married Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai-Shek, who were instrumental in forming modern China and Taiwan.

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