Letter to the Editor

Greenfield gazebo was dreamy

BY J.F. Newber

Victorian gazebo with lacy wrought iron trim in grove of trees at edge of Greenfield Lake, 1940. Courtesy Cape Fear Museum of History and Science
Victorian gazebo with lacy wrought iron trim in grove of trees at edge of Greenfield Lake, 1940. Courtesy Cape Fear Museum of History and Science

This is just a note to let you and your staff know how much I enjoyed David Norris’ story on Greenfield Park that appeared in your September 2024 issue of Wrightsville Beach Magazine. But there was a little piece of the lakes history that I missed in Norris’ story.

Near the children’s playground there stood a gazebo — or as some called it, a band stand — and on Sunday afternoons in the park, the local school bands gave concerts in that gazebo on the lakeshore.

It was a pretty little building with a spiral roof, and the music played there seemed to echo across the lake water with a wonderful effect.

Your friend,
J.F. Newber,
Wilmington, NC


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