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S. J. Nissen Building

Coordinates: 36°5′52″N 80°14′26″W / 36.09778°N 80.24056°W / 36.09778; -80.24056
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S. J. Nissen Building
S. J. Nissen Building is located in North Carolina
S. J. Nissen Building
S. J. Nissen Building is located in the United States
S. J. Nissen Building
Location310 E. Third St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates36°5′52″N 80°14′26″W / 36.09778°N 80.24056°W / 36.09778; -80.24056
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.07000820[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 2007

S. J. Nissen Building, also known as S. J. Nissen Carriage Repository and Repair Shop, S. J. Nissen Company Wagonworks, Kester Machinery Company, and Black Horse Studio is a historic factory building located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The original 1893 primary structure is a three-story Romanesque Revival style brick building with a basement and sub basement. It features two crenellated front towers (one square and one octagonal) and round-arched windows. A two-story addition with basement was added in 1953. The building originally housed a wagon making and repair shop and a carriage repository.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1] It is located in the Winston-Salem Tobacco Historic District.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Laura A. W. Phillips (October 2006). "S. J. Nissen Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.