The one hundred eighty-eighth 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.
The house at 601 East Green Street was demolished circa 2000.
As described in the nomination form for the East Wilson Historic District: “ca. 1950; 1 1/2 story; stone-veneered cottage with Neo-Colonial motifs.”
In 1946, William and Ethel Cornwell Hines deeded the lot at 601 East Green Street to their son, Dr. William C. Hines, and his wife Nan Delaney Hines.
Wilson Daily Times, 4 May 1946.
In the 1947 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Hines Wm C (c; M Delane [N Delaney]) physician 534 E Nash h 601 E Green. This entry indicates the Hineses built their house shortly after getting the lot.
In the 1950 census of Wilson, N.C., city directory: at 601 East Green, William C. Hines, 32, general practitioner of medicine; wife Nan D., 28, manager of retail music shop; and son William D., 5.
Photo by Lisa Y. Henderson, December 2023.
I believe that Nan Delaney was a friend of my mother, E. Elizabeth Battle and was a bridesmaid in her wedding to my father.