West Nash Street Historic District

Stretching nine blocks, or nine-tenths of a mile, along Wilson's main thoroughfare, this residential district gathers houses built mainly in the 1910s and 1920s for the city's prominent merchants, professionals, and tobacconists. Colonial Revival and Bungalow designs set the tone, with examples of Georgian Revival, Tudoresque, Queen Anne, and Neo-Classical Revival styles mixed in. Standouts include the ca. 1922 William W. Graves House, a two-and-a-half-story brick Georgian Revival residence, and the 1917 Selby Hurt Anderson House, a picturesque bungalow. Twenty-two modest frame bungalows on North Kincaid, North, and Lucas avenues, many built on speculation, complement the main street. Large lots, deep setbacks, fences and walls, and a canopy of water oaks give the area a cohesive, well-landscaped character. Losses to commercial development in the western-numbered blocks nearest downtown make the intact condition of the remaining blocks notable. Most houses are well maintained and owner occupied.