Tours on the hour Tuesday – Saturday:
10 am to 5 pm
and Sunday:
1 pm to 5 pm

Offices open
Monday – Friday:
9am to 5 pm

Bellamy Mansion
503 Market Street
Wilmington, NC
910-251-3700

Bellamy Mansion

1859 - 1861
James F. Post, Architect
Rufus Bunnell, Draftsman

One of North Carolina’s most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture built on the eve of the Civil War by free and enslaved black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896) physician, planter and business leader; and his wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907) and their nine children. After the fall of Fort Fisher in 1865, Federal troops commandeered the house as their headquarters during the occupation of Wilmington. Now the house is a museum that focuses on history and the design arts and offers tours, changing exhibitions and an informative look at historic preservation in action.