It was built in 1909 by the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and is a three-story, rectangular, brick commercial block.

The building housed African-American businesses, professionals, and institutions during the years of Jim Crow segregation.

It is located in the Washington Street business district, the city's black downtown.

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