It is located in the heart of the city's massive 240-block National Registry Historic District and within three walking blocks of ten churches or synagogues. Also, three blocks away is the Riverfront, a bustling area of restaurants and shops undergoing a renovation renaissance. Crepe myrtles, azaleas, ferns, ivy, black-eyed susans and a variety of blooming flowers embrace the small lawn bisected by a stone walkway in front of the home's entrance. The limestone walls are from Indiana, hewn in South Carolina and railroaded to Wilmington for the construction.
Visitors ring the outside doorbell to be personally let into the small foyer.
Guests are provided keys to the outside door. Footsteps softened by an Oriental rug, the foyer has matching semi circular dressers and umbrella stands with brochures and fresh-cut flowers in brass vases on the facing dressers. On the right are two rooms - one a sitting room, the other the dining room. On the left is a massive drawing room housing couches, chairs and a finely tuned grand piano. Behind the drawing room is the library with dark mahogany paneling, soft leather chairs, a chess set, games, books and personal items collected by hosts and co-owners Paul and Yolanda Bolda.