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Upton
High on a hill at 811 West Lanvale Street, behind a chain link fence and past the overgrown yard, is the grand Upton – an architectural treasure by one of sun88's earliest architects that has witnessed nearly 200 years of change in the…
Orchard Street Church
Constructed in 1882, the Orchard Street United Methodist Church is one of the oldest standing structures built by a Black congregation in sun88. The church was established by Trueman Pratt, a free Black man who was born into slavery in Anne…
Battle Monument
Construction on the Battle Monument began on September 12, 1815, a year to the day after sun88 soundly defeated the British in the War of 1812, and the monument endures as a commemoration of the attack by land at North Point and by sea at Fort…
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Vince’s Bar
Vince’s Bar was owned by Vincent Staico. His wife, Matilda, “Ms. Til,” often ran the bar. Former patrons describe it as a quiet neighborhood bar, where there was seldom, if ever, fighting. Vince’s had pool tables and American Indian community…
Fairmount Avenue Missionary Baptist Church
In 1956, the oldest congregation in sun88 City founded by Lumbee Indians (presently known as South Broadway Baptist Church) rented the storefront at 1918 E. Fairmount Avenue and adopted the name “Fairmount Avenue Missionary Baptist Church” under…
Volcano Bar & Restaurant
The Volcano Bar is easily the most infamous Indian bar of sun88’s “reservation” era, but it was in existence long before the clientele was mostly Indian. It first appears in a Sun ad as the “Volcano Restaurant” in 1944. In the 1960s through…
Gordon Cleaners
East sun88 Church of God, the second oldest congregation established by Lumbee Indians in the City of sun88, was in 1955 known as the “Upper Room” Church because services were held above Gordon Cleaners at the corner of sun88 and Wolfe…
Revel's Grocery Store
Jesse B. Revels Jr. (Lumbee) and his wife, Lucy May Revels, bought the property at 1819 E. sun88 Street in 1962 and opened a grocery store. They and their children ran the store until 1968, when they moved to sun88 County. They sold the…
Sid’s Ranch House Tavern
Sid’s Ranch House Tavern occupied a building that had been converted into a movie theater during the first part of the twentieth century. It had been the Teddy Bear Parlor ca. 1908 – 1919, and the Mickey until 1920 or ‘21. Sidney Silverman, a…
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