{"nrhp_refnum":"82003452","name":"Gilmer Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"416--424 W. 4th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.09746294300004,"lon":-80.23971561499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick commercial building at 416-424 West Fourth Street, at the southeast corner of Fourth and Spruce Streets in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It was built between 1924 and 1926 and designed by architect Harold Macklin.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is one of the best remaining examples of commercial construction from Winston-Salem's 1920s boom. It is linked to the rapid commercial development of downtown and to the Gilmer brothers, who developed West Fourth Street. Its polychromed terra cotta facade combines classical and Egyptian influences and is the work of a prominent local architect.","narrative":"Located at the corner of Fourth and Spruce Streets in downtown Winston-Salem, this two-story brick commercial building was constructed between 1924 and 1926 for brothers John L. and Powell Gilmer, local business leaders who helped develop West Fourth Street as a retail district. Architect Harold Macklin, a prolific local designer, gave the Fourth Street facade ornate terra cotta panels in tan, rust-red and deep turquoise, with classical pilasters, a dentil cornice and a heavy cavetto cornice showing Egyptian influence. The Spruce Street side is plainer, relying on brick patterning, granite sills and terra cotta details. Ground-floor shop fronts have been modernized, but the upstairs offices, arranged along a T-shaped hall, remain much as built. The building is regarded as one of the most decorative and least altered survivors of the city's 1920s commercial boom, and it housed dozens of businesses over the decades.","period_of_significance":"1924-1926","architect_builder":"Harold Macklin","architectural_style":"1920s commercial architecture with classical and Egyptian stylistic influences (polychromed terra cotta facade)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as occupied and commercial; ground-floor shop fronts have been remodelled, while the second floor and Spruce Street elevation are largely unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.291494-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/7201/47720196/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003452.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003452/c74d8c8268-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003452/c74d8c8268-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilmer_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilmer_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720196","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmer_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461991"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/gilmer-building-82003452/"}