Thomas A. Crews House

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Thomas A. Crews House
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Location4997 Main St., Walkertown, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°10′30″N80°9′6″W / 36.17500°N 80.15167°W / 36.17500; -80.15167 Coordinates: 36°10′30″N80°9′6″W / 36.17500°N 80.15167°W / 36.17500; -80.15167
Area7.2 acres (2.9 ha)
Built1891 (1891)
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Vernacular, Queen Anne Influence
NRHP reference No. 93000316 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1993

Thomas A. Crews House is a historic home located at Walkertown, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was built 1891, and is a two-story, vernacular Queen Anne style frame dwelling, enlarged to its present size in 1911. It features a one-story, shed-roofed, wrap-around porch. Also on the property are the contributing brick wash house (1891), a frame smokehouse (1891), barn (1891), pump house, chicken house, wood shed, equipment shed or "gear house," and the 65 foot brick smokestack of the former Crews Tobacco Factory (1891). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Gwynne S. Taylor (September 1992). "Thomas A. Crews House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.