top of page

About Row

ROW'S Mission Statement

ROW is an all-volunteer, membership-based, non-profit neighborhood organization of people living in the Historic Districts covering the oldest parts of the City of Wilmington, North Carolina -- the area between Red Cross and Queen Streets, from the Cape Fear River to Eighth Street. 

Donations and Contributions

ROW has been donating to worthwhile projects and causes since its founding in 1972.  These contributions have varied in size all the way up to $37,000 donated for landscaping on Market Street. Others include:

 

  • support of the Burgwin-Wright House

  • acquisition and renovation of  Tileston School by St. Mary Church

  • construction of the brick wall around the former Tileston School property

  • landscaping of Market Street  between Second and Third Streets

  • installation of the park next to the New Hanover County Main Library at Third and Chestnut

  • restoration of St. Thomas Preservation Hall

  • installation of a water-recirculating system in the Kenan Fountain at Fifth and Market

  • purchase of a new stage curtain in Thalian Hall.

  • planting of trees on Castle Street between South Third Street and South Eighth Street

  • purchase of lighting and trash bins for Wilkinson Alley

  • purchase of equipment for the  Wilmington Children’s Museum

  • provision of new chairs and projection screen in the Historic USO/Community Arts  Building

  • planting of trees in the ROW membership area on a yearly basis

  • planting of 50 live-oak trees along fifth Avenue as a special project

  • purchase and installation of planters in Bailey Park on North Front Street

  • purchase of Segways for the Wilmington Police Department

  • funding of 1898 Memorial Park

  • purchase of a statue entitled “Southern Hospitality” and installation at the corner of Market and Water Market Streets

  • installation of bicycle racks on Front Street

  • funded lighting of the American flag on the USS North Carolina battleship

  • funded information displays for Bellamy Mansion Slave Quarters

  • funded repairs of the Salvation Army Church on Third Street

  • funded a new display about "The Body" at The Children's Museum

  • funded the repair of the Bellamy Mansion roof after Hurricane Florence

bottom of page