Downtown North Historic District (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Downtown North Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by W. Fifth, W. Eighth, N. Main and N. Cherry Sts., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°06′06″N 80°14′45″W / 36.10167°N 80.24583°W / 36.10167; -80.24583Coordinates: 36°06′06″N 80°14′45″W / 36.10167°N 80.24583°W / 36.10167; -80.24583
Area 20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built 1907 (1907)
Architect Wenderoth, Oscar; Northup and O'Brien
Architectural style Early Commercial, Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference # 02001669[1]
Added to NRHP December 31, 2002

Downtown North Historic District, also known as Trade Street District, is a national historic district located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 46 contributing buildings in a commercial section of Winston-Salem. They were built between about 1907 and 1952, and most are one- or two-story brick buildings, sometimes with a stuccoed surface. Notable buildings include the Beaux-Arts style former United States Post Office (1914-1915, 1936-1937) with an addition by Northup and O'Brien, Brown-Rogers-Dixson Company Building (1928), Centenary Church Education Building (1920s), Pure Oil Station, City Market (1925), and Twin City Motor Company (1925).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Laura A. W. Phillips (May 2002). "Downtown North Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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