Cornerstones, no. 2.

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 414 Hadley Street, Wilson.

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Brown Chapel Baptist Church, 1507 Hadley Street, Wilson.

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“Established Mar. 23, 1900 in old Grab Neck by Rev. R. Rodman named for Rev. J. Brown moved to Hadley St. Ext. Sept. 1956.”

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Saint Luke A.M.E. Church, 112 North Vick Street, Wilson.

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Mount Zion Original Free Will Baptist Church, 305 Lane Street Southeast, Wilson.

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Piney Grove Free Will Baptist Church, 309 North Vick Street, Wilson.

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“Founded 1882 by Revs. A. Blunt & D. Blunt.”

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Piney Grove’s original location on Vance Street, at the corner of Elba. (Sanborn Map, Wilson, North Carolina, 1913.)

[N.B. Two of the five cornerstones were engraved by marble worker/artist Clarence B. Best.]