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Olzie Whitehead Williams House

Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubsHouses completed in 1860Houses in Wilson County, North CarolinaHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North CarolinaItalianate architecture in North Carolina
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Olzie’s House
Olzie’s House

Olzie Whitehead Williams House is a historic home located near Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a single-story, six-bay, L-shaped, Italianate style frame house with a gabled projecting end pavilion. It rests on a low brick pier foundation and is sheathed in weatherboard. The front facade features a shed roofed verandah. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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Olzie Whitehead Williams House
Lake Wilson Road, Wilson

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Lake Wilson Road 4649
27822 Wilson
North Carolina, United States
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Wilson, North Carolina
Wilson, North Carolina

Wilson is a city in and the county seat of Wilson County, North Carolina, United States. It is the 23rd most populous city in North Carolina. Located approximately 40 mi (64 km) east of the capital city of Raleigh, it is served by the interchange of Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 264. Wilson had an estimated population of 49,459 in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and is also an anchor city of the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids CSA, with a total population of 297,726 as of 2018. In the early 21st century, Wilson was ranked as 18th in size among North Carolina's 500-plus municipalities. From 1990 to 2010, the city population increased by more than 40 percent, primarily due to construction of new subdivisions that attracted many new residents. This has been accompanied by new retail and shopping construction, primarily in the northwestern parts of the city. Wilson is a diverse community; in 2012, the US Census estimated that 48% of the population identified as African American, and 43% as Whites; the remaining 9% includes Latinos and Asians, such as Vietnamese, Chinese and Indians. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated in 2012 that nearly 5,000 county residents (7.5 percent) were foreign-born. Of those, nearly 3,000 people, or 62 percent, had entered the U.S. since 2000. Once a center of tobacco cultivation, the city was widely known as "The World’s Greatest Tobacco Market" in the 19th century. In the 21st century, Wilson enjoys a diverse economy based on agriculture, manufacturing, commercial, and service businesses.