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Winston-Salem City Hall

Coordinates: 36°5′42″N 80°14′36″W / 36.09500°N 80.24333°W / 36.09500; -80.24333
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Winston-Salem City Hall
Winston-Salem City Hall, November 2008
Winston-Salem City Hall is located in North Carolina
Winston-Salem City Hall
Winston-Salem City Hall is located in the United States
Winston-Salem City Hall
Location101 S. Main St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates36°5′42″N 80°14′36″W / 36.09500°N 80.24333°W / 36.09500; -80.24333
Arealess than one acre
Built1926 (1926)
ArchitectNorthup and O'Brien
Architectural styleRenaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.01001130[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 2001

Winston-Salem City Hall is a historic city hall located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was designed by the noted architectural firm Northup and O'Brien and built in 1926. It is a three-story, "U"-shaped Renaissance Revival building. It is a brick building with a first floor of rusticated stone. It has a flat roof with a limestone cornice and balustrade with shaped balusters. The Salem town offices were housed in the Salem Town Hall until consolidation in 1912. The building was renovated in 2000.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

History

The home of D. H. Starbuck and his family originally stood on the site of the current structure.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Sarah A. Woodard (March 2001). "Winston-Salem City Hall" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  3. ^ Rawls, Molly Grogan (August 15, 2004). "August 15: Happy Birthday! Judge Henry Reuben Starbuck". Winston-Salem Time Traveler. Retrieved September 12, 2015.