{"nrhp_refnum":"79001706","name":"Paisley J. W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"934 Stadium Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.09007814100005,"lon":-80.22690158799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story residence adjacent to the entrance of Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, built about 1910-1911.","why_significant":"The house is associated with John W. Paisley, a teacher and later school principal who was recruited to the Slater Industrial Academy by its founder and benefited from the Columbian Heights community established to attract faculty. Its clipped gable roofs and dormers are described as a bold turn-of-the-century form.","narrative":"Built around 1910-1911 beside the entrance of what is now Winston-Salem State University, this two-story house is three bays wide, set on a brick foundation laid in four-course common bond and sheathed in wood shingles. Its clipped gable roofs and dormers form a bold turn-of-the-century design, and a recessed porch behind arches gives the facade its character. Inside, plaster walls, molded surrounds and a closed string stair with square newel and balusters reflect the period. The house was built on a lot Paisley purchased in 1910 on Idabell Avenue, in the Columbian Heights neighborhood that Dr. S. G. Atkins developed to attract qualified teachers to the Slater Industrial Academy. Paisley, a Shaw University graduate and native of Winston-Salem, taught there and later served the city school system, first as principal of Oak Street Grade School for thirteen years and then at Kimberly Park School, where he finished his career.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"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 17:11:42.561486-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/7178/47717811/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001706.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717811","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._W._Paisley_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987442"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/paisley-j-w-house-79001706/"}