{"nrhp_refnum":"01000377","name":"World War Memorial Stadium","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"510 Yanceyville St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensboro","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.079903311000066,"lon":-79.77691943625956,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-04-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Politics/Government","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A masonry athletic stadium and war memorial at 510 Yanceyville Street in Greensboro, North Carolina, built in 1926 on a fourteen-acre site donated by the Cone family and dedicated on Armistice Day that year.","why_significant":"The stadium was built as a memorial to Guilford County men who died in World War I and has served as the city's municipal athletic field and minor league ballpark. It is also a notable example of Modern Classical design by Leonard White, Jr., and Harry Barton. The form lists Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Politics/Government and Social History as areas of significance.","narrative":"World War Memorial Stadium is a concrete and brick athletic facility on Yanceyville Street in Greensboro, completed in 1926 and dedicated on Armistice Day. Leonard White, Jr., and Harry Barton designed it, and the Carolina Contracting Company built it on land given by the Cone family. A classical triumphal-arch entrance flanked by tall pylons carries bronze plaques naming eighty Guilford County men who died in the World War. The original plan was a U-shaped bowl seating 25,000, but cost limited construction to the portal and permanent seating for about 8,500, giving the grandstand a reverse J shape. A roof, press box and dugouts were added in 1930 when the minor league Greensboro Patriots arrived, and later additions came with the Greensboro Hornets and Bats. The stadium was an American Legion post project, funded by a citywide campaign. It remains a memorial and a ballpark, and its essential 1926 fabric survives, with later additions that are modest and removable.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Designed by Leonard White, Jr., and Harry Barton; built by the Carolina Contracting Company","architectural_style":"Other: Modern Classicism","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a baseball stadium and sports facility; the historic fabric survives largely intact despite late twentieth-century additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.412954-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/74/7205/47720574/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/01000377.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720574","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_Memorial_Stadium","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8036466"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/world-war-memorial-stadium-01000377/"}