Wilkerson, William Albert

Date of birth
10.03.1851
Place of birth
Orange County, NC
Date of death
12.30.1922
Place of death
Durham, NC
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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.

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