Craver Apartment Building Explained

Craver Apartment Building
Location:706-712 Chestnut St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.1028°N -80.2425°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman
Added:June 26, 1998
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:98000726

Craver Apartment Building is a historic apartment building located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was built about 1942, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick-veneered rectangular block structure with hipped roof and exposed rafter ends. It has a hipped roof and exposed rafter ends in the Bungalow / American Craftsman style. It features porches on both levels supported by full-height square brick posts. The building was built as rental apartments for African-American families just before World War II.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Langdon Edmunds Oppermann . Craver Apartment Building . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . September 1997. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.