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

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Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place
Downtown North Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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LocationRoughly bounded by W. Fifth, W. Eighth, N. Main and N. Cherry Sts., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates36°06′06″N 80°14′45″W / 36.10167°N 80.24583°W / 36.10167; -80.24583
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built1907 (1907)
ArchitectWenderoth, Oscar; Northup and O'Brien
Architectural styleEarly Commercial, Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.02001669
Added to NRHPDecember 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, USA. 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).

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

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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 November 1, 2014.
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