North Washington Avenue Workers' House

North Washington Avenue Workers' House
Location E side of 300 blk. of N. Washington Ave., Reidsville, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°21′55″N 79°40′17″W / 36.36528°N 79.67139°W / 36.36528; -79.67139Coordinates: 36°21′55″N 79°40′17″W / 36.36528°N 79.67139°W / 36.36528; -79.67139
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1917 (1917)
MPS Reidsville MRA
NRHP Reference # 86003388[1]
Added to NRHP December 11, 1986

North Washington Avenue Workers' House are five historic homes located at Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. They were built about 1917, for African-American workers employed by the American Tobacco Company. The houses originally consisted of three rooms—one-over-one with a shed room behind.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Allison Harris Black (November 1985). "North Washington Avenue Workers' House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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