This 1909 O.V. Foust postcard depicts the old Wilson County courthouse, which stood in the footprint of the current building.

A young African-American man stands on the sidewalk looking northwest toward Tarboro Street. None of the low-rise buildings ahead of him survive. The bell tower visible in the far distance was First Baptist Church, at the corner of North Pine Street.

Foust, O.V., Nash St., Wilson, N.C., 1909, Tabitha Marie DeVisconti Papers, 0480-b2-fd2-i34, East Carolina University Digital Collections, https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/162.