W.C. Brown Apartment Building
W.C. Brown Apartment Building was a historic apartment building located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was built about 1941, and was a two-story brick-veneered rectangular block structure. It had a hipped roof and exposed rafter ends in the Bungalow / American Craftsman style. The building was built as rental apartments for African-American families just before World War II. The building housed workers at the nearby R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.[2] The building has been demolished.
W.C. Brown Apartment Building | |
 Site overview | |
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| Location | 311-317 E. 7th St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°6′9″N 80°14′28″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1941 |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
| MPS | African-American Neighborhoods in Northeastern Winston-Salem MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000725[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 26, 1998 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Langdon Edmunds Oppermann (September 1997). "W.C. Brown Apartment Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
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