{"nrhp_refnum":"08000379","name":"Centerville Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Waughtown, Vargrave, Haled & Chapel Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.07448669200005,"lon":-80.24036115222228,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about eleven city blocks southeast of downtown Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, containing 110 resources, mostly residential buildings with a small commercial and light industrial area on Waughtown Street.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is locally significant under Criterion A for community planning and development and commerce, as a rural village that became part of suburban and industrial growth in southeastern Winston-Salem. Its houses and small commercial center date mainly from about 1900 to 1930, and it is tied to nearby industry such as Forsyth Manufacturing and the railroad.","narrative":"Centerville is a residential and small commercial district southeast of downtown Winston-Salem, laid out in an irregular grid of streets including Chapel, Center, Lomond and Wood. Settled in the mid-nineteenth century between the village of Salem and Waughtown, it grew rapidly after the Roanoke and Southern Railroad was built nearby in 1892 and the adjoining Sunnyside industrial area was platted. Most of its roughly 110 resources date from about 1900 to 1930, including one-story side-gable cottages with Late Victorian porch detailing and Craftsman bungalows. The district's commercial buildings line Waughtown Street and date from about 1925 through the 1950s. Centerville was annexed into Winston-Salem in 1923. Its houses were occupied largely by middle-income workers at local factories, the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and nearby shops. The district is regarded as an important record of early suburban growth in southeastern Winston-Salem.","period_of_significance":"c.1900 - 1958","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Commercial Style; Bungalow/Craftsman; Late Victorian; Art Moderne; Modern Movement; Queen Anne and Eastlake references in houses; Minimal Traditional","criteria":["A"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.241413-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/7202/47720258/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/08000379.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000379/167f68add3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000379/167f68add3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapel_at_Wood,_Winston-Salem.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapel_at_Wood,_Winston-Salem.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"91001960","name":"Washington Park Historc District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/washington-park-historc-district-91001960/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720258","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerville_Historic_District_(Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460915"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/centerville-historic-district-08000379/"}