The Solomon and Henry Weil Houses are two historic homes located at Goldsboro,

Wayne County, North Carolina Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 117,333. Its county seat is Goldsboro and it is home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. Wayne County comprises the Goldsboro, NC ...

. They were built in 1875 for two brothers, and are nearly identical two-story, rectangular,

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frame dwellings. They feature projecting bays, bay windows, porches, and

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s. Social activist

Gertrude Weil Gertrude Weil (11 December 1879 – 3 May 1971) was an American social activist involved in a wide range of progressive/leftist and often controversial causes, including women's suffrage, labor reform and civil rights. Biography Early life ...

, Henry's daughter, grew up in the house at 200 W. Chestnut St. They were listed on the

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in 1976.

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Goldsboro, North Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Victorian architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1875 Houses in Wayne County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, North Carolina {{WayneCountyNC-NRHP-stub