Craver Apartment Building

Craver Apartment Building
Craver Apartment Building, September 2007
Location706-712 Chestnut St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates36°6′10″N 80°14′33″W / 36.10278°N 80.24250°W / 36.10278; -80.24250
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1942 (1942)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPSAfrican-American Neighborhoods in Northeastern Winston-Salem MPS
NRHP reference No.98000726[1]
Added to NRHPJune 26, 1998

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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Langdon Edmunds Oppermann (September 1997). "Craver Apartment Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.