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East Wilson Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
88000371

Year built
  
1890

Area
  
89 ha

Added to NRHP
  
11 April 1988

East Wilson Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by E. Gold and Academy Sts., Ward Blvd., Woodard Street Ave. and Elvie St., and Railroad and Pender Sts., Wilson, North Carolina

Architect
  
Freeman, Nestus; Multiple

Architectural style
  
Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne, Shotgun house

East Wilson Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina. It encompasses 858 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in a historically African-American section of Wilson. The district developed between about 1890 to 1940 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Bungalow / American Craftsman, and Shotgun style architecture. Notable buildings include the Reverend Henry W. Farrior House (c. 1890), Charles Thomas House, Samuel Vick House, Dr. Mathew Gillam House, Wilson Colored High School (1924), and Samuel H. Vick Elementary School (1939).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

East Wilson Historic District Wikipedia