203 East Sprague Street, The Crotts House, c. 1897
This structure was built by house carpenter and furniture salesman George Francis Jenkins (who lived in Salem) as a rental property. In 1910, building contractor James Madison Crotts and his sons Alexander, Flavius, and George Washington most likely added the Craftsman style gable brackets and tapered paneled porch posts. George Washington Crotts pursued his father’s trade, running a successful residential construction business. The Crotts retained the property till 1996. This I-House with Craftsman influences (later remodeling) retains weatherboard siding; two-over-two windows; a hipped-roof porch with battered posts on brick piers; and exposed rafter tails. 1902 CD: (103) S. P. Pfaff, a watchman at Forsyth Chair; 1920 CD: (103) J. M. Crotts (W); 1925 CD: George and Jessie Crotts, a contractor; 1935 CD: ditto, a wrapper at American Bakeries Company; 1945 CD: ditto, occupant, a building contractor; 1954 CD: ditto, owner-occupant, a contractor. (CD = City Directory)I-House – A 1 ½ or 2-story side-gable (two rooms wide and one room deep) traditional British folk form. The two rooms usually have an entrance hall between them containing a central stairway.
2207 Sunnyside Avenue, Crotts Service Station, c.1935
A one-story Spanish Revival style building with metal red barrel tile roof; painted brick (a white stucco exterior above a brick knee wall); a flat canopy with pent roof; and plate glass windows. 1930 CD: not listed; 1940 CD: Crotts Service Station; 1950 CD: Jesse Boyd Filling Station. (Built by N. Spencer Mullican, who lived in Walnut Cove.)
2100 Sunnyside Avenue, Forsyth Iron Bed Company, c.1905
A one-story L-plan front-gable building with a blank brick facade (not original), side elevations with a historic rolled asphalt sheathing, and a brick pier foundation. The Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of 1907 indicates that this building was used for chipping and enameling as well as packing and shipping. The wing on its south, rear corner was the foundry. The Forsyth Iron Bed Company appears in the city directory from 1902 through 1922 and on the Sanborn maps from 1907 through at least 1917. It was probably a sister company with Forsyth Chair (northwest corner of Sunnyside and Acadia Streets) and Forsyth Manufacturing (southwest corner of Sunnyside and Acadia Streets). This property is the only remaining building from what was a large complex of furniture-related buildings that stretched along Sunnyside and Junia. The officers of Forsyth Iron Bed at various times were W. A. Blair (VP, 1902-1922), Henry E. Fries (VP, 1910-1918), H. A. Phfol (Sec., 1910-1918), Charles Siewers (Pres., 1902-1918), E. Mickey (Sec., 1913-1918), and R. H. Rice (Sec., 1902-1918). The first two of these men were also involved in the Forsyth Manufacturing Company while the next two were also part of the Forsyth Chair Company. The Forsyth Chair and Forsyth Manufacturing facilities on Junia Avenue were demolished in 2001-2002.
202 East Sprague Street, Trinity Moravian Church, 1911, 1927, 2001
Trinity Moravian Church was established in 1886 as a missionary church by a group of Salem women at the Centerville Sunday School (Centerville School). Declining attendance at the Centerville location prompted the construction of the new church on the streetcar line in the more quickly growing Sunnyside area. A frame chapel was first erected, serving until local architect Willard C. Northup designed this two-story brick Gothic Revival structure that was built by Fogle Brothers in 1912. The adjacent parsonage was constructed in 1922. The original section has a front gable with square tower, Gothic Revival details, and granite and cast stone accents. Gables feature stepped corbeling with capped, salient buttresses ornamenting the tower. The secondary entry (on the right side) has a Craftsman style, gabled roof with large knee braces. The 1927 rear Sunday School wing (when standing on Sprague Street, to the left), designed by local architects Northup and O’Brien, has a side-gabled roof and end wall parapets and is three-and-a-half stories. A three-story brick stair tower was added to this wing in 2001.In 1961, local architectural firm Lashmit, James, Brown, and Pollock designed the Salem Revival style Douglas Rights Chapel that was constructed by Wilson Covington. It features donated stained glass windows created by the High Point Stained Glass Company. (This section faces out towards Sprague Street, between the original structure and the Sunday School wing. Its street end features a blind arch and small, round upper window.) A 1.2 million dollar renovation overseen by Thomas H. Hughes Architecture was completed in 2002. Gothic Revival (1830-1880, later in rural areas) – A style of architecture in America aimed at reviving the spirit and forms of Gothic architecture, which was the prevalent style during the High Middle Ages in Western Europe. It emerged from the Romanesque and Byzantine forms in France. Features a steeply pitched roof with steep cross-gables; is often decorated with vergeboard (Bargeboard); wall surface extends into the gable; windows often extend into the gables and with a pointed-arch (gothic) shape; large-scale projecting bay windows possible (or oriel style windows); lancet windows; drip-molds common above windows. Lancet Window - A lancet window is a tall, narrow window with a pointed arch at its top. It acquired the "lancet" name from its resemblance to a lance. The lancet window first appeared in the early French Gothic period (c. 1140–1200), then later in the English period of Gothic architecture (1200–1275). So common was the lancet window feature that this era is sometimes known as the "Lancet Period.”Segmental Arch - a type of arch with a circular arc of less than 180 degrees. (Above the windows in the Salem Revival Sunday School Wing.) Salem Revival style – a unique architectural style found throughout Forsyth County that is influenced by the 1800 Home Moravian Church design in Old Salem.
308-310 East Sprague Street, Duplex, c.1925
A two-story, hipped-roof brick duplex with Prairie-style influences (Frank Lloyd Wright) featuring wide eaves; and a front hipped-roof projection with a triple window grouping top and bottom that is flanked by entry pavilions with cast concrete caps. 1925 CD: not listed; 1935 CD: (308) Edwin and Elfrieda Stockton (W), assistant treasurer of Pilot Insurance Agency Inc. (310) Coman and Margaret Craver (W), sub-foreman at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; 1945 CD: (308) Lucie Fulton (W), occupant, a clerk at Wachovia Bank (310) Coman Craver (W), occupant; 1954 CD: (308) William Griffin (W), occupant (310) Glenn and Florence Holcomb (W), owner-occupant, a Sergeant with the City Fire Department.
320 East Sprague Street, House, c.1925
A one-and-a-half-story side-gable Craftsman Bungalow with asbestos shingle siding; a shingled shed-roof dormer with exposed rafter tails; an engaged porch with battered columns on cobblestone pattern cast concrete block; and knee braces in the gable ends. 1925 CD: not listed; 1935 CD: James and Allie Ledbetter (W), assistant dyer with Hanes Dye and Finishing Company; 1945 CD: Mrs. Allie Ledbetter (W), occupant; 1954 CD: ditto, owner-occupant. Comparison with 1951 Sanborn Map indicates small rear addition.Bungalow – a small one-story or 1 ½ story house, usually having a low profile and of wood-frame construction . Relatively low in cost and often built to plans taken from a pattern book or even as a kit house. Craftsman style – a low-pitched gabled roof (sometimes hipped) with wide, unenclosed eave overhang; roof rafters often exposed; decorative (false) beams or braces added under the gables; a porch roof supported by square columns on piers or full height (ground to porch roof) columns of different materials with columns that are often battered (tapered); often has cottage windows; dormers are common (gabled or shed), often with exposed rafters or braces. The dominant small house style from about 1905 through the 1920s. The Greene brothers in southern California popularized this style (1893-1914) of which the Gamble House is considered a prime example. Patterns and kits were widely available. Engaged Porch – integrated with the actual structure of the house rather than attached to the house only along the deck and the roof.
328 East Sprague Street, House, c.1880
A two-story Late Victorian house with a projecting gable ell; a wraparound, hipped-roof porch with turned posts and brackets; sawn bargeboard; two-over-two windows; aluminum siding; and a partially enclosed porch with facade chimney. 1925 CD: Carl and Edna Leonard (W), a printer at The Commercial Printers Inc.; 1935 CD: Charles and Ruth Payne (W), employed at Winston Roller Mills; 1945 CD: Herman and Reta Caudill (W), owner-occupant, U. S. Navy; 1954 CD: ditto. City GIS records indicate an 1877 construction date.
333 East Sprague Street, House, c.1900
A two-story Queen Anne style with pyramidal roof and gabled ells; weatherboard siding; decorative shingles in the gable ends; polygonal bays; a porch and porte-cochere with Tuscan columns; and one-over-one windows. 1925 CD: Pleasant and Cora Martin (W), a foreman at B & W Tobacco Company; 1935 CD: Pleasant and Cora Martin (W), a foreman at Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; 1945 CD: ditto, owner occupant; 1954 CD: Mrs. Elishia Little (W), owner-occupant, and Beulah Little, Lashmit and Little Shoe Store.Queen Anne (1880-1910) – a steeply pitched roof of irregular shape, usually with a dominant front-facing gable; patterned shingles; cutaway bay windows and other devices used to avoid a smooth-walled appearance (variety of claddings); and an asymmetrical facade with partial or full-width porch, usually one-story and wrapping around one side. Possible towers and/or turrets. Tuscan Columns – similar to the Greek Doric order (within the five Classical Orders), the Roman Tuscan order is the simplest of the five orders. The columns are always unfluted with no ornamentation, a simple round shaft topped by a round capital. A pyramidal roof is simply an equilateral hipped roof: some with a center point, others with a center ridge, but all are steeply pitched.
334 East Sprague Street, House, c.1910
A one-story Queen Anne cottage with a pyramidal roof; weatherboard cladding; a gabled dormer; a gable ell (with an unusually shaped attic vent); decorative shingles in the gable ends; and hexagonal multi-light-over-one windows. The hipped-roof porch is supported by Tuscan columns, and now includes a metal awning. 1925 CD: vacant; 1935 CD: Mrs. Celia Gambill (W), an inspector at P. H. Hanes Knitting Company; 1945 CD: Clarence Bell (W), owner-occupant, a bus operator; 1954 CD: Carl Harris (W), occupant.Queen Anne Cottage (1880s-early 1900s) – a one-story frame house with characteristics that include a wrap-around porch with turned posts; decorative brackets, often with spindlework; a square layout with projecting gables to the front and side; a pyramidal or hipped roof; and asymmetrical rooms with no central hallway.
345 East Sprague Street, House, c.1887 (white house)
A one-story side-gabled house with six-over-six windows; a hipped-roof porch with turned posts; asbestos shingle siding; and exposed purlins in the side gables. 1925 CD: James and Mary Fletcher (W), a sawyer at B. F. Huntley Furniture Company; 1935 CD: Arthur and Esther Bauguess (W); 1945 CD: ditto, occupant; 1954 CD: Mrs. Esther Baugess, (W), owner-occupant, a widow.Purlins - A purlin (or historically purline, purloyne, purling, perling) is a longitudinal, horizontal, structural member in a roof.
349 East Sprague Street, House, c.1900
A one-story side-gabled house with aluminum siding. It features an unusual gabled porch with flared eaves and an asymmetrical diamond attic vent; Tuscan columns; and one-over-one replacement windows. 1902 CD: (247?) R. M. Spach, Spach Brothers wagons; 1925 CD: Mrs. Mary Inscoe (W) and Miss Mamie Inscoe (W), employed at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; 1935 CD: Gary and Belva Jaro (W), a machine operator with P. H. Hanes Knitting Company; 1945 CD: Thomas and Essie Dixon (W), owner occupant, employed at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; 1954 CD: ditto.
401 East Sprague Street, Southside Baptist Church, 1925 & 1952
Like Central Terrace UMC and Trinity Moravian Church, Southside Baptist Church also traces its original meetings to the Centerville School auditorium (1892). It began as a mission church of the New Friendship Baptist Church in Davidson County, formally becoming Southside Baptist Church in 1897. The congregation’s first building was constructed on Monmouth Street (west of their current site) in 1896-1899 as a frame Gothic Revival style weatherboarded structure. The current building is one of the area’s architectural landmarks. Begun in 1919 and completed in 1925, it was designed by C. Gilbert Humphrey, an NYC architect who relocated to Winston-Salem in 1914. (He had immigrated to NYC from England, https://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/people/P000563.) The congregation reached a membership high of 1122 in 1968, but then experienced a steady decline until recently when the building was sold to another congregation. Southside also sponsored various mission offshoots in Konnoak Hills (1952), Easton (1962) and Unity (1962). A two-story symmetrical brick Gothic Revival church with front gable that features twin, three-story towers with capped buttresses that culminate in belfries with abbreviated crenellation and paired louvered vents; a rose-pattern stained glass window; and pointed arch windows, transoms and doors. Beige brick accents the water table, cornice, window sills, and lintels (some now painted white), while concrete steps lead to three double-leaf doors with oversized wrought-iron strap hinges. A two-story-plus-basement addition was added to the east side in 1952. 1925 CD: not listed; 1935 CD: Southside Baptist Church (Reverend Nolan C. Teague, pastor); 1945 CD: Reverend Wendell R. Grigg, pastor. (The 1951 Sanborn Map shows a one-story building with a porch, residential in character, located beside 415 Sprague labeled “Sunday School Annex.”)
424 East Sprague Street, The Z. Taylor and Katherine Bynum House, c.1925
Samuel L. Spach, who established a number of Southside businesses, and his wife Victoria gave three lots to their daughter Katherine and son-in-law, Z. Taylor Bynum, in 1920. The Bynums soon erected this grand Dutch Colonial which features a modillion cornice that extends across the facade above the first floor, wraps around the front porch that is supported by robust Tuscan columns, and ornaments the enclosed sun porch. A two-story gambrel-roof Dutch Colonial Revival with six-over-one paired, replacement windows; an 18 light front door with sidelights; a porch that formerly included a roof balustrade (now gone); projecting dormers under a single shed-roof; and an enclosed side porch with another 18 light door that is paired with 18 light sidelights. The lower level is clad in weatherboard, the upper level, wood shingles. 1925 CD: Taylor and Katherine Bynum, Jr. (W), Southside Grocery Company; 1935 CD: ditto, Southside Roller Mills; 1945 CD: ditto, owner-occupant; 1954 CD: Zackery Bynum (W), owner-occupant.Dutch Colonial Revival style (1880-1955) – Only about 10% of Colonial Revival style houses have a gambrel roof. Most are one-story with steeply pitched gambrels containing almost a second full story of floor space; these have either separate dormer windows or a continuous shed dormer with several windows. A full-width porch may be included under the main roof line or added with a separate roof.
444 East Sprague Street, House, c.1920
A one-story Pyramidal Cottage with vinyl siding; a gabled entry porch with classical columns; and one-over-one replacement windows. 1925 CD: not listed; 1935 CD: Koyt and Evelyn Nissen (W), a salesman with The Downtown Garage; 1945 CD: ditto, owner-occupant; 1954 CD: ditto. Comparison with 1951 Sanborn Map indicates side and rear additions.Pyramidal Cottage – A pyramidal roof is simply an equilateral hipped roof: some with a center point, others with a center ridge, but all are steeply pitched. This style roof generally sits atop a squarish shaped structure. The one-story pyramidal cottage was popular in the South from about 1900-1920.
450 East Sprague Street, “Hillcrest,” Samuel Jacob Nissen and Dora Clodfelter House, 1912
Samuel Jacob Nissen (1859-1943) was the son of John Phillip Nissen (founder of Nissen Wagon Works ) and Mary Vawter. Samuel Nissen founded his own wagon works in 1898, manufacturing spring wagons; and built an impressive building at Third and Patterson in downtown Winston that operated until 1927. (The S. J. Nissen Building is both individually listed to the National Register and a Local Historic Landmark.) He and his wife, Dora Clodfelter (1861-1939), moved from Waughtown to East First Street in Winston before buying this lot and commissioning a Queen Anne style home. After Dora’s death, the family converted the residence into four apartments with Samuel occupying one until his death in 1943. A projecting pedimented bay dominates the asymmetrical facade, and a pediment surmounts the entrance to the wraparound porch which is supported by Tuscan columns with a turned balustrade. The two-story hipped-roof Queen Anne features one-over-one windows; a double-leaf entrance with sidelights and transom; weatherboard cladding; sawn brackets on bay eaves; and a Palladian-style attic window. 1925 CD: Samuel and Dora Nissen (W), S. J. Nissen Company; 1935 CD: ditto; 1945 CD: Rooming House: Hubert and Wanna Tilley (W), occupant, employed at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Kate Mullis Graham (W), occupant, a welder at Palmer Bee; and Mrs. Hazel Jones, occupant, employed at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; 1954 CD: Nissen Apartments: four tenants.
450 East Devonshire Street, Fire Station No. 5, c. 1924
This station shares its design with plans done by Willard C. Northup’s firm for an identical fire station at 214 North Dunleith Ave. in East Winston. Constructed by Fogle Brothers, it was completed in 1924 and functioned as a fire station until 1977. It was eventually redeveloped into apartments, and has been managed by the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association since then. It is one of the oldest surviving fire stations in Winston-Salem. A two-story common-bond brick fire house with an enclosed door. The replacement windows are one-over-one sash. The building has a shed roof behind a parapet wall and a stair tower on the east side. The top of this tower has a projecting beam with attached pulley, likely used to dry fire hoses. Masonry details include a soldier course at the cornice and lintels, a header belt course and door surround, a cast stone cornice., and an all header dark glazed band around the enclosed garage door bay. 1920 CD: not listed; 1930 CD: City Fire Department Station No. 5 (J. H. Holmes, Captain); 1940 CD: n/a; 1950 CD: n/a.
431 East Devonshire Street, House, c.1959 - Non-contributing (age)
A one-story hipped-roof Ranch with hipped-roof projection; awning-style windows; and a front patio. It features a front facade non-operable picture window. This house is very typical of mid-century infill. (This structure, by the way, was not eligible when the National Register nomination was written because it was not yet 50 years old. It has now passed that mark, and today, is considered historic.)
429 East Devonshire Street, House, c.1915
A one-story Queen Anne Cottage with a hipped-roof; a double-gable at the eave line; a hipped-roof porch supported by turned posts; one-over-one replacement windows and picture window with four-over-four, double-hung sash; a metal awning; and vinyl siding. 1920 CD: not listed; 1930 CD: Mrs. Clara McCall (W), a widow employed at Hanes Knit Co.; 1940 CD: Robert and Stella Legans (W), a tobacco worker at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; 1950 CD: dittoPicture Window – A picture window is a large, fixed-pane window, generally made without glazing bars. It gets its name from the fact that it is designed to give you a clear view of your surroundings without any obstruction, essentially acting as a picture frame for the scenery outside the window.Retaining Walls – possibly constructed by the Frank W. Murrell and Sons Company who specialized in Stonemasonry, Brick and Concrete.
353 East Devonshire Street, House, c.1915
A one-story hipped-roof Queen Anne Cottage with front-gable projection; one-over-one windows; a hipped-roof porch with replacement turned posts and spindlework; a diamond attic vent; and vinyl siding. 1920 CD: not listed; 1930 CD: Mrs. Alice Jenkins (W), a widow; 1940 CD: Mrs. Minnie Cranfil; 1950 CD: Samuel and Daisy Bodford (W), employed at Arista Mills.Spindlework – wood details with circular cross sections, usually turned on a lathe. It could be ordered from mail order catalogues or bought at lumber yards and general stores. Often seen in Queen Anne and Victorian style structures. So-named because the decorative trim may resemble wooden thread spindles.
301 East Devonshire Street, House, c.1910
A tri-gable (also called a Triple-A style) I-house with aluminum siding; one-over-one replacement windows; and a hipped-roof porch supported by Tuscan columns with a shingled, stepped balustrade. 1920 CD: Mrs. M. M. Day (W), a widow; 1930 CD: Mrs. Addie Sparrow (W), a clerk at Sparrow’s Cash Grocery; 1940 CD: ditto; 1950 CD: Charles McMahan (W).
2400 Lomond Street, House, c.1910
A two-story L-plan Queen Anne with a complex hip and gable roof; a wraparound porch with sawn brackets and turned posts; curved bargeboard with bulls eye motif (this has since been removed); and vinyl siding. Comparison with the 1917 Sanborn map indicates rear additions. 1923 CD: G. L. Leonard (W); 1930 CD: Mrs. Frances Leonard (W), a widow; 1940 CD: James Winningham (W), owner-occupant;1950 CD: Charles Jones (W), occupant.
201 East Devonshire Street, Commercial Building, c.1925: Non-contributing, integrity
A one-story side-gable brick building with its storefront now enclosed with vinyl and sash. It includes a recessed entry; one-over-one, double-hung sash; and two small, gabled dormers. It is currently utilized as a residence. 1920 CD: H. A. and Laura Manning (W), a farmer; 1930 CD: Central Terrace Pay and Tote Store; 1940 CD: Butner Grocery Co. and Annette Beauty Shop; 1950 CD: William Tominson Grocery.
134 East Devonshire Street, House, c.1930
A one-and-a-half story Craftsman Bungalow with a cross jerkinhead roof and hipped-roof porch supported by paneled square columns. It features weatherboard sheathing; shingled gable ends; eight-over-one and eight-over-eight windows; and a second entry to the side of the porch with sidelights. 1930 CD: C. A. and Addie Hege (W), a bookkeeper at W. T. Vogler and Sons; 1940 CD: Charles Clinard (W); 1950 CD: ditto.
122 East Devonshire Street, House, c.1950
A one-story brick Minimal Traditional with Tudor elements. It features a steeply-pitched front projecting gable that includes a recessed entry with an arched opening and a small arched gable window. It also features multi-light and single-light picture windows. (This might also be described as a Period Cottage.)
101 East Devonshire Street. House, c.1930
A one-and-a-half-story brick and stuccoed house with Colonial Revival and English Cottage elements such as a steeply pitched side gable roof; a shed roof porch supported by paired and single square posts with small brackets; a double-leaf, multi-light entry; a long shed-roof dormer; and six-over-one windows. 1920 CD: not listed; 1930 CD: L. S. and Pearl Davis (W), a grocer and lunch counter operator; 1940 CD: ditto; 1950 CD: ditto.
3 East Devonshire Street, Southside Methodist Episcopal Church/ Central Terrace United Methodist Church, 1925, 1957
Founded in 1901, the Southside Methodist Episcopal Church had strong ties to Centenary Methodist Church in downtown Winston. Originating in the Centerville School, the church built a sanctuary at 701 East Sprague Street in 1902. (It is still standing today, and has housed several congregations over the years.) In 1923, trustees began raising money for a larger structure, soon purchasing lots from the Central Terrace Company. In 1924, the congregation moved to the current site and held services in several small school buildings, called the “chicken coops,” until the new building was under roof in 1925. At this point, the church “unofficially” became known as Central Terrace Methodist Church. In 1968, the name was officially changed to Central Terrace Methodist Church with the consolidation of the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren denominations. Growth of the congregation eventually necessitated a 1954 renovation of the sanctuary and the 1958 addition of an education building designed by the architectural firm Stinson-Arey-Hall.The two-story brick Neoclassical Revival style building has a front gable roof and a monumental, full-height, tetrastyle (four) portico supported by Ionic columns and pilasters. A small center lunette ornaments the pediment. Tall, arched, stained-glass windows surround the double-leaf entrance and its classical entablature, and illuminate the sanctuary’s first three bays on the side elevations. Windows also feature cast stone keystones, spring blocks, and sills. Additional classical details include denticulated bands under the stepped cornice and pedimented gables; corner brick quoins; and a brick soldier course at the cornice and water table. The belfry includes a hexagonal base and pointed spire with Tuscan style columns and blind fanlight.
