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Josephus Daniels House

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JOSEPHUS DANIEL HOUSE, RALEIGH, WAKE COUNTY
JOSEPHUS DANIEL HOUSE, RALEIGH, WAKE COUNTY

The Josephus Daniels House, also known as Wakestone, and later the Masonic Temple of Raleigh, was a historic mansion at 1520 Caswell Street in Raleigh, North Carolina. Built in 1920, it was the home until his death in 1948 of Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson, and a major force in the development of the modern 20th-century United States Navy. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976. After Daniels' death it was purchased by the local Freemasons, who made additions to the building and continued to use it as their meeting hall into the 21st century. The building was demolished in August 2021 to make way for a new development of high end homes.

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Josephus Daniels House
Caswell Street, Raleigh Five Points

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N 35.799069444444 ° E -78.647341666667 °
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Caswell Street 1526
27608 Raleigh, Five Points
North Carolina, United States
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JOSEPHUS DANIEL HOUSE, RALEIGH, WAKE COUNTY
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