{"nrhp_refnum":"83001879","name":"Ludlow, Col. Jacob Lott, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"434 Summit St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.09820341100004,"lon":-80.25714961999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame late Victorian house with Queen Anne influence at 434 Summit Street in the West End area of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, built in 1887 by the local construction firm Fogle Brothers.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the westward residential expansion of Winston in the late 19th century. It was the home of Jacob Lott Ludlow, Winston's first city engineer, who gained a national reputation in municipal, sanitary and hydraulic engineering. It is also one of the best-preserved Queen Anne-influenced houses in Winston-Salem and represents the work of Fogle Brothers.","narrative":"Built in 1887 by the Winston building firm Fogle Brothers, this two-story frame house at 434 Summit Street sits on high ground in Winston-Salem's West End. Its Queen Anne-influenced design combines a simple rectangular block and hipped-and-gabled roof with a wrap-around porch, turned posts, sawnwork brackets and extensive stained glass. The original heating system used stoves in the basement and front parlor to send warm air through metal flues and registers. The house was built for Jacob Lott Ludlow, Winston's first city engineer, who designed water and sewer systems across North Carolina and the South, served twenty-five years on the State Board of Health, and led the push to merge Winston and Salem in 1913. The house reflects the late 19th century westward move of prominent residents and remains one of the best-preserved examples of the era's domestic architecture in the city. It was divided into apartments from 1956 to 1978 and later returned to single-family use.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900- (specific date 1887)","architect_builder":"Fogle Brothers","architectural_style":"Late Victorian, Queen Anne style influence","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence in excellent condition, and undergoing a sympathetic rehabilitation for future use as a bed-and-breakfast inn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.566603-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/7202/47720214/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001879.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001879/cc68935593-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001879/cc68935593-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Col._Jacob_Lott_Ludlow_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Col._Jacob_Lott_Ludlow_House.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/47720214","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986870"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/ludlow-col-jacob-lott-house-83001879/"}