{"nrhp_refnum":"73001341","name":"Zevely House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"734 Oak St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.09712088800006,"lon":-80.25704872199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house built about 1815 for cabinetmaker Van N. Zevely, moved in 1974 from 734 Oak Street to 901 West Fourth Street in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a sturdy, unpretentious example of the plain design and careful craftsmanship of early German settlers in the Salem area. It is thought to be the oldest structure in Winston. The relocation and restoration are described as having a minimal adverse effect on its integrity and as ensuring its preservation and continued use.","narrative":"Built about 1815 for Van Zevely, a Moravian cabinetmaker, this two-story brick house is typical of German-influenced Moravian building in North Carolina. It is three bays wide and two deep, with Flemish bond brick walls, a high stuccoed stone foundation, a wood-shingled gable roof and interior end chimneys. Inside, a restored \"Quaker\" plan places a large room on one side and two smaller rooms on the other, with a hand-hewn summer beam exposed on both floors. Zevely had come to Salem as a boy, trained as a cabinetmaker and bought a 160-acre plantation in 1815. The house is thought to be the oldest structure in Winston. In 1974 it was moved about a mile from Oak Street, where it was endangered and decaying, to West Fourth Street. The main block was restored, and a conjectural front porch and rear kitchen wing were added. It now operates as a restaurant in the West End neighborhood.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Van N. Zevely (original owner and builder of the house)","architectural_style":"German-influenced North Carolina Moravian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Moved in 1974, restored, furnished with antiques and operating as a restaurant; condition listed as excellent.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.505441-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/7201/47720156/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/73001341.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001341/c633a8c4c1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001341/c633a8c4c1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Roberts","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zevely_House_(Winston-Salem,_N.C.).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Roberts</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zevely_House_(Winston-Salem,_N.C.).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86003442","name":"West End Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/west-end-historic-district-86003442/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720156","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zevely_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18559384"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/zevely-house-73001341/"}