The former Daniels House was named Wakestone by Josephus' wife,
Addie Worth Bagley Daniels. It stood in a residential area north of downtown Raleigh, on a landscaped parcel bounded on the east by Glenwood Avenue (
United States Route 70), on the south by Wade Avenue, and on the west by Caswell Street, where the main drive entered the property. The property was separated from other residential properties to the north by a hedgerow. The house was oriented facing west, with a curving drive providing access to parking areas to the west and south (formerly the sites of gardens kept by Mr. and Mrs. Daniels). The house was a -story stone structure, roughly U-shaped, with a rectangular main block and two wings extending eastward to the rear. The area between the two rear wings was filled in and extended further east, with a large meeting space added by the Masons in the 1950s. This addition was built of similar stone to the main house, and did not detract from the view of the house as seen from the front. The front facade of the house was dominated by a four-column Neoclassical Greek portico, its columns capped by Egyptian capitals, and supporting a fully pedimented gable. The main entrance was flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters, which rose to an architrave and an iron-balustraded balcony for the second floor. The interior of the house retained many fine finishes, although some of its upstairs bedrooms had been converted into meeting spaces, and much of the eastern outer wall was removed to provide access to the large meeting wing. Daniels argued that as long as African Americans had any political power, they would block progressive reforms. ==Fate==