The one hundred-seventy-fourth in a series of posts highlighting buildings in East Wilson Historic District, a national historic district located in Wilson, North Carolina. As originally approved, the district encompasses 858 contributing buildings and two contributing structures in a historically African-American section of Wilson. (A significant number have since been lost.) The district was developed between about 1890 to 1940 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Bungalow/American Craftsman, and Shotgun-style architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

As described in the nomination form for the East Wilson Historic District, this building is: “ca. 1913; 1 story; cross-gable house; aluminum sided and modernized.”

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In the 1928 and 1930 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directories: Stone Mary (c) cook h 613 Viola

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: rented for $12/month, widow Mary Stone, 50, cook.

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 613 Viola, rented for $8/month, widow Lizzie Jones, 77; daughter Jesse Lee, 54; daughter, Lela, 24, household servant; and grandson Floyd L. Stancil, 14.

In the 1941 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directories: Nelson Albert (c; Bessie; 3) hlpr City Light Water & Gas Dept h 613 Viola

In the 1947 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directories: Wise Lillie (c) dom h 613 Viola

Photo by Lisa Y. Henderson, June 2020.