WILSON, N.C. (WTVD) Abandoned, worn down and almost forgotten a special round house built back in 1946 has been saved for future generations to learn the story behind it.
If walls could talk, the round house in Wilson would likely say, Thank you.thank you because you saved my life, explained Bill Myers, executive director of the Oliver Nestus Freeman Round House Museum.
In the late 90s, the round house still stood on Freeman Street in Wilson. Oliver Nestus Freeman built the round house in 1946, and to say the creative African American mason was ahead of his time might be an understatement.