Thirty years ago, the north side of the 500 block of East Nash Street was largely intact. In 2024, however, all of these buildings, except the one at far left, are long gone.
The three-story brick building at left is, of course, the Odd Fellows hall that Samuel H. Vick erected in 1894, when he was barely in his 30s. The lodge met on the top floor, and the Globe Theatre occupied the second floor for decades. In the 1920s, Camillus L. Darden built the two-story building at right and the two one-story buildings between it and the Odd Fellows lodge.
Photo courtesy of Richard L. Mattson, “The Cultural Landscape of a Southern Black Community: East Wilson, North Carolina, 1890-1930,” North Carolina Historical Review, January 2011.
I honor THE BUILDERS who came before me.
Mrs.Mary H.Peppers was the next to last owner as for Mrs. Virginia Dupree with the Dupree Cafe
Mrs. Peppers is my Grandmother
I knew the Peppers family well — we used to live right behind them on Carolina Street, and Wanda was often our babysitter!