Date of birth 10.03.1851 Place of birth Orange County, NC Date of death 12.30.1922 Place of death Durham, NC Can you help?You don't need to know everything, but can you improve the description? Maybe add some more details?Log in or register and you can edit this. Builder, contractor, and designer/architect William Albert Wilkerson designed and built numerous dwellings and institutional structures in Durham. His son, Albert Ernest Wilkerson, continued in this tradition. Related People Wilkerson, Albert Ernest A builder and 'artisan-architect', like his father, Albert Wilkerson built and designed numerous structures in Durham. Read More Related as a builder Bishop (kilgo)'s House / Faculty Club / Infirmary Built as a residence for Methodist Bishop and former Trinity College President John Kilgo, the Bishop's House later became a Faculty Club, and during the mid-20th century served as the infirmary. It currently serves as the center for Continuing Education at Duke. Read More William T O'brien House This two-story frame house is one of the oldest and most historically significant in the area, having been constructed by William Thomas O'Brien. O'Brien moved to Durham from Virginia in 1881 to operate and perfect the Bonsack cigarette rolling machine for W. Duke Sons and Co. Read More Bartlett Mangum House / Four Square Exuberant Victorian country house to which the city came over time; converted to a restaurant in the 1970s. Read More 508 South Buchanan - Albert Wilkerson House The earliest known resident of the house is Albert Wilkerson in 1900. Wilkerson was a contractor by trade and is believed to have constructed the house himself. Read More The Terrace The block bounded by West Chapel Hill Street, Willard Street, Duke Street, and Jackson Street was the location of two different houses of Benjamin N. Duke, brother of James B. Duke and Brodie L. Duke. In the 1880s, he constructed 'The Terrace' on this block - a large frame Queen Anne Victorian structure with a tower, as was popular on many... Read More Main Street Methodist / Main Street Christian Church Looking southwest from Main St. ~1900. (Courtesy Durham County Library) Main Street Methodist Church, located on the southeast corner of Main and Gregson Streets was built in 1887 on West Main St., west of the Duke Factory. Looking west from the Southern Conservatory of Music, 1900s. I love this turn-of-the-century picture for how much the... Read More Related as an architect 508 South Buchanan Blvd W. A. Wilkerson Home Read More Bishop (kilgo)'s House / Faculty Club / Infirmary Built as a residence for Methodist Bishop and former Trinity College President John Kilgo, the Bishop's House later became a Faculty Club, and during the mid-20th century served as the infirmary. It currently serves as the center for Continuing Education at Duke. Read More William T O'brien House This two-story frame house is one of the oldest and most historically significant in the area, having been constructed by William Thomas O'Brien. O'Brien moved to Durham from Virginia in 1881 to operate and perfect the Bonsack cigarette rolling machine for W. Duke Sons and Co. Read More Bartlett Mangum House / Four Square Exuberant Victorian country house to which the city came over time; converted to a restaurant in the 1970s. Read More 508 South Buchanan - Albert Wilkerson House The earliest known resident of the house is Albert Wilkerson in 1900. Wilkerson was a contractor by trade and is believed to have constructed the house himself. Read More Main Street Methodist / Main Street Christian Church Looking southwest from Main St. ~1900. (Courtesy Durham County Library) Main Street Methodist Church, located on the southeast corner of Main and Gregson Streets was built in 1887 on West Main St., west of the Duke Factory. Looking west from the Southern Conservatory of Music, 1900s. I love this turn-of-the-century picture for how much the... Read More Log in or register to post comments Add new comment Log in or register to post comments.
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