Craver Apartment Building

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Craver Apartment Building
Craver Apartment Building, September 2007
Craver Apartment Building is located in North Carolina
Craver Apartment Building
Craver Apartment Building is located in the United States
Craver Apartment Building
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

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  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 2014-11-01.



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