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

Downtown North Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Roughly bounded by W. Fifth, W. Eighth, N. Main and N. Cherry Sts., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°06′06″N80°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 No.	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, 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). ^[2]

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

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.