{"nrhp_refnum":"01000375","name":"Bahnson, Agnew Hunter, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of W. Fifth and Spring Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.098538475000055,"lon":-80.25303613699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-04-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story stuccoed house with an English Cottage exterior and Colonial Revival interior, located at the southwest corner of W. Fifth and N. Spring streets in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was designed by Willard C. Northup in 1919 and built in 1920 for industrialist Agnew Hunter Bahnson.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be locally significant for its association with Agnew Hunter Bahnson, a textile industrialist and pioneer in humidification and air conditioning equipment, who lived there for nearly half a century. It is also significant as one of the few surviving grand houses along Fifth Street, known as millionaires' row, and as an example of Northup's English Cottage design with a modernized asymmetrical form.","narrative":"Built in 1920 to designs by Winston-Salem architect Willard C. Northup, this two-story stuccoed house on the southwest corner of Fifth and Spring streets combines an English Cottage exterior with a green Ludowici-Celadon tile roof and an asymmetrical plan, including a long hipped south wing. Its interior follows the Colonial Revival style, with a notable main stair, plastered walls, and service areas in the basement and attic. The house was commissioned by Agnew Hunter Bahnson, who headed several textile concerns and developed the Fries Humidifier, which was later produced by the Bahnson Company for textile mills and other industries. Bahnson lived here until his retirement in 1951, and the house is regarded as the sole surviving grand residence of the millionaires' row on West Fifth Street. Its architectural design and its link to a prominent industrial figure are the main reasons for its listing. In 1973 the house was given to Forsyth County and has since served the public library.","period_of_significance":"1920-1951","architect_builder":"Willard C. Northup (architect)","architectural_style":"English Cottage; Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Used by the Forsyth County Public Library since 1973, when the property was given to the county.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.348966-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/7202/47720218/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/01000375.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000375/f19dec6e76-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000375/f19dec6e76-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agnew_Hunter_Bahnson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agnew_Hunter_Bahnson_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100008467","name":"Downtown Winston-Salem Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/downtown-winston-salem-historic-district-100008467/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720218","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnew_Hunter_Bahnson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460343"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/bahnson-agnew-hunter-house-01000375/"}