North Washington Avenue Workers' House are five historic homes located at Reidsville,

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. They were built about 1917, for African-American workers employed by the

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. The houses originally consisted of three rooms—one-over-one with a shed room behind. It was listed on the

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in 1986.

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African-American history of North Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Houses completed in 1917 Houses in Rockingham County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, North Carolina {{RockinghamCountyNC-NRHP-stub