{"nrhp_refnum":"07000820","name":"Nissen, S.J., Building","other_names":["S.J. Nissen Carriage Repository and Repair Shop","S.J. Nissen Co. Wagonworks"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"310 E. Third St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.09800738100006,"lon":-80.24026581999993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-08-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick industrial building at 310 East Third Street in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, completed in 1895 with a Romanesque Revival design and a 1953 south-side addition. It was built for wagon making and repair by S. J. Nissen.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is locally significant under Criterion A as one of the few surviving nineteenth-century buildings tied to the wagon industry that supported Winston-Salem's tobacco trade. It also argues under Criterion C that its crenellated towers and rhythmic round-arched windows make it architecturally distinctive among the city's industrial buildings.","narrative":"Built in 1895 by the wagon maker S. J. Nissen on a corner lot between two railroad lines in Winston, this three-story brick building with two basements is an example of Romanesque Revival industrial design. Its two crenellated towers, one at the northwest corner and one on the façade, and its rows of round-arched windows give it a fortress-like look that the nomination says sets it apart from other industrial buildings in the city. Nissen used the building as a wagon works and carriage repository, and for more than two decades his business served the tobacco manufacturers nearby, repairing the wagons that carried leaf tobacco to factories. The property is significant as one of the few surviving nineteenth-century buildings linked to the wagon industry that supported Winston-Salem's economy. Nissen sold it in 1929, when trucks had replaced wagons. Later occupants included Kester Machinery Company, which built the south addition in 1953.","period_of_significance":"1895-1929","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a photography studio and residence by its present owners, according to the document.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.296308-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/7202/47720286/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/07000820.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000820/2ccd605c2c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000820/2ccd605c2c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Indies1","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winston-Salem_-_S._J._Nissen_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Indies1</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winston-Salem_-_S._J._Nissen_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720286","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._J._Nissen_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987309"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/nissen-s-j-building-07000820/"}