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West End Historic District (Winston Salem, North Carolina)

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NRHP Reference #
  
86003442

Year built
  
1887

Area
  
93 ha

Added to NRHP
  
4 December 1986

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Location
  
Roughly bounded by W. End Blvd., Sixth, Broad, and Fourth Sts., I-40, Sunset Dr., and Peters Creek, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Architect
  
Cram, Ralph Adams; Et al.

Architectural style
  
Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival; Craftsman

West end historic district winston salem north carolina top 5 facts


West End Historic District is a national historic district located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 508 contributing buildings and 7 contributing structures, in a predominantly residential section of Winston-Salem. It was a planned picturesque streetcar suburb developed at the turn of the 20th century. The buildings date from about 1887 to 1930, and include notable examples of Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed H. D. Poindexter Houses and Zevely House. Other notable buildings include the St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1928-1929) designed by Ralph Adams Cram, Augsburg Lutheran Church (1926), Friends Meeting House (1927), the First Church of Christ, Scientist (1924), and Joyner's West End Grocery.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

West End Historic District (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) Wikipedia