It’s hard to imagine the Banning Mansion, for years a stunning Wilmington landmark, as anything less than a gleaming historical showplace set in a pristine park. But its future was clouded by uncertainty following the death of the last family member living there, Hancock Banning, in 1925. Family patriarch Phineas Banning built the structure inContinue reading “The Banning mansion showcased the lifestyle of Wilmington’s most prominent citizen”
Sam Gnerre looks at the way we were in the South Bay
