Broad-Kenan Streets Historic District

Northwest of downtown Wilson, North Carolina, this neighborhood covers 26 blocks and includes 218 houses built from the 1890s to the Depression. One- and two-story homes are weatherboarded or brick-veneered, and many have shingled gables and slate roofs. They sit on tree-lined streets with mature oaks and planted yards. Broad Street is the widest corridor and holds many of the finest early 1900s houses. The eastern end has Queen Anne and Colonial Revival homes, while blocks west of Daniel Street are mostly 1920s and early 1930s styles. More than 60 percent of the houses are bungalows, and Tudor Revival cottages were the most popular design of the 1930s. The district also has 73 garages, a former filling station and the Woman's Club building. Since the 1960s, some houses have become offices or apartments, and a few large modern buildings intrude. Of 345 buildings, 293 contribute to the district's character, which reflects Wilson's growth in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.