am taking in the vintage small town store fronts, centuries-old brick buildings, the impressive Greek-revival old courthouse, intimate-looking eateries, the inviting I sidewalk café tables with umbrellas, when my car tells me it’s time to turn to reach the historic bed and breakfast where I am booked for sleeping during this adventure. Two blocks later, I spy the imposing Inn at Teardrops, set high above West King Street. I don’t have that much day time left, so I bypass the inn and circle back to the main street, Churton. Most of the houses I pass are classic, painted white, wood frame with impressive 1700s historic designators out front. Wilmington has its historic placards, but doing the math, I make a mental note: this town is littered with pre-Revolutionary War houses. As I pass a vintage Arts and Craft two-story cottage, I literally stop in the roadway to exclaim at a Poseidon-like statue beside the front steps, in a setting that does not seem to warrant the stature. Backing up and holding my phone out the window, I snap a photo and text it to the office with the question, “Where have you sent me?!” Top: Antonia’s Italian Eatery anchors the corner of Churton and King streets. Bottom: The Inn at Teardrops, circa 1768, received its name from the teardrop-shaped glass in its front doors, and the molding around the eaves of the house. An impressive stone building sits on the hill above the corner at the main thoroughfare as I make the turn out of town. I spy a Federal-style frame house (this one not painted white,) the Burwell School Historic Site, 1835. That also looks promising. Making a u-turn after a brief cruise into picturesque countryside, I head back to the historic district. 66 WBM may 2014
Wrightsville Beach Magazine May 2014
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