{"nrhp_refnum":"79001705","name":"Hill, J. S., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"914 Stadium Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.09008387200004,"lon":-80.22779016399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story frame house at the head of Claremont Avenue where it meets Stadium Drive near Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It is built on a center hall plan and is sheathed in asbestos shingles.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with J. S. Hill, who served as chief fund raiser for the Slater Industrial Academy and helped carry out its physical development. It also cites Hill's later career as a banker and founder of the Forsyth Savings and Trust Company, and describes the house as one of the most architecturally significant in the Columbian Heights area.","narrative":"Built around 1893 at the head of Claremont Avenue, where it meets Stadium Drive near Winston-Salem State University, this two-story frame house follows a center hall plan and has a projecting two-story bay with a prominent gable on its eastern end. Its decorative features include a box cornice with returns, serrated sawnwork, louvered vents, and a sawn letter H in the facade gable. Inside, remnants of beaded surrounds, bullseye cornerblocks, and carved mantels survive despite severe vandalism after the last occupants left. The house is important chiefly because of J. S. Hill, who was born in South Carolina, graduated from Biddle University in 1889, and bought his Columbian Heights lot in 1892. Hill raised funds across the North for the Slater Industrial Academy, helping secure its physical growth. He later became a banker, founding the Forsyth Savings and Trust Company in 1907, and died in 1923. The house is regarded as one of the most architecturally important in Columbian Heights.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1893","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The interior was severely vandalized shortly after the last occupants moved out.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.781759-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/7178/47717809/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001705.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001705/1a13f4aef7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001705/1a13f4aef7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NORTH_FRONT_-_James_S._Hill_House,_914_Stadium_Drive,_Winston-Salem,_Forsyth_County,_NC_HABS_NC,34-WINSA,20-1.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NORTH_FRONT_-_James_S._Hill_House,_914_Stadium_Drive,_Winston-Salem,_Forsyth_County,_NC_HABS_NC,34-WINSA,20-1.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717809","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._S._Hill_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18739431"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/hill-j-s-house-79001705/"}