The one hundred ninetieth 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: “ca. 1930; 1 story; four-room square cottage with inset porch and bungalow type details; #s 210-200 are said to have been built as rental property by white speculator Leslie Farmer.”
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In the 1941 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Robinson Lonnie (c; Mary; 5) delmn M System Store h 210 N East
In the 1947 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Robinson Lonnie (c; Mary) driver C Woodard Co h 210 N East
In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 210 North East, Lonnie Robinson, 40, truck driver-local wholesale grocery company; wife Mary L., 38, beautician; and children Helen R., 20, cleaning house, Walter M., 14, Kathrine C., 12, and Hosea I., 9; and granddaughter Diann, 1.
Photo by Lisa Y. Henderson, December 2023.