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East Wilson Historic District
Ash south of Darden, Wilson.jpg
Shotgun houses on Ash Street
East Wilson Historic District is located in North Carolina
East Wilson Historic District
Location in North Carolina
East Wilson Historic District is located in the United States
East Wilson Historic District
Location in the United States
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
Area 220 acres (89 ha)
Built 1890 (1890)
Architect Nestus Freeman; Multiple
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne, Shotgun house
NRHP reference No. 88000371
Added to NRHP April 11, 1988

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.

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