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This Craftsman style bungalow was built as rental property for sheriff George C. Jackson (1868-1932). In 1945, it was purchased by Dr. Hubert A. Eaton (1916-1991), a Fayetteville native, physician, and civil rights activist, and his wife, Celeste Marie Burnett (1919-1972). The Eatons added onto both sides of the house and built a clay tennis court. Althea Gibson (1927-2003), a world champion professional tennis player and golfer who won multiple Wimbledon and U.S. Open championships, lived in the Eaton home while receiving tennis training and attending Williston High School. The house remained in the family for fifty-nine years.
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Wilmington, North Carolina · United States
