Wilmington - Latimer House

The Latimer House was built in 1852 by local merchant Zebulon Latimer. Today the house is home to the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society and functions house museum exemplary of upper-class life in Wilmington during the Victorian period.

Latimer House contains 14 rooms which display a variety of historical items including furniture, jewelry, ephemera, tableware, tools, and more.

The house, built in the popular Italianate style, was designed to be symmetrical, with a central hallway on each floor opening onto an identical layout on either side. On the first floor, the hallway divides the formal sitting and dining areas on the north side - used for entertaining and special occasions - from the less formal sitting rooms to the