{"nrhp_refnum":"78001953","name":"South Trade Street Houses","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"434, 440, and 448 S. Trade St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.08916034650005,"lon":-80.24561188526239,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Social History","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Three detached two-story brick dwellings in a row at 434, 440 and 448 South Trade Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in what was originally part of Salem. They were built in 1838-39 (Sussdorf), 1856 (Ackerman) and 1857 (Patterson).","why_significant":"The houses are rare survivals of the period when the Moravian town of Salem expanded geographically and industrially. Together they form an intact streetscape of the early to mid-nineteenth century. Their architecture shows the shift away from Pennsylvania-German influenced building toward popular fashion, and their first occupants were prominent in Salem's civic and industrial life.","narrative":"Three brick houses stand in a row on South Trade Street in Winston-Salem, on land that was once part of the Moravian town of Salem. The Sussdorf House dates from 1838-39, the Ackerman House from 1856 and the Patterson House from 1857. Each is two stories, laid in four-to-one common bond, with later frame additions at the rear and Victorian porches added to the earlier ones. Spaced about 60 feet apart and set close to the street, they form a consistent streetscape that differs from the tightly packed layout of older Salem. Their significance rests on their role in Salem's first geographic and industrial expansion, on their architecture after the Pennsylvania-German building period, and on their early residents: landscape gardener and musician Christian Friedrich Sussdorf, and mill men Edwin Ackerman and Rufus Lenoir Patterson, who was also mayor of Salem. The Patterson House was being rehabilitated for mixed office and residential use at the time of listing.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Pennsylvania-inspired Moravian building tradition with Greek Revival interior woodwork","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Sussdorf and Ackerman houses in fair condition and altered; Patterson House in good condition, undergoing rehabilitation for a dentist's office downstairs with a dwelling above.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.128667-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/7202/47720208/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/78001953.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720208","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Trade_Street_Houses","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016206"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/south-trade-street-houses-78001953/"}