Winston-Salem City Hall Explained

Winston-Salem City Hall
Location:101 S. Main St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.095°N -80.2433°W
Architect:Northup and O'Brien
Architecture:Renaissance Revival
Added:October 20, 2001
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:01001130

Winston-Salem City Hall is a historic city hall located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was designed by the 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 1913. The building was renovated in 2000.[1]

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

History

The home of D. H. Starbuck and his family originally stood on the site of the current structure.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sarah A. Woodard. Winston-Salem City Hall . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . March 2001. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.
  2. News: August 15: Happy Birthday! Judge Henry Reuben Starbuck. Winston-Salem Time Traveler. Rawls. Molly Grogan. August 15, 2004. September 12, 2015.