{"nrhp_refnum":"83001882","name":"Salem Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"301 S. Liberty St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.091897395000046,"lon":-80.24354600299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The former Salem Town Hall is a two-story brick municipal building with a three-story corner bell tower, located on the southeast corner of South Liberty and Cemetery Streets in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was erected in 1912 by Fogle Brothers to designs by Willard C. Northup.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the last of Salem's town halls to remain standing and marks the final years of Salem as a separate town before consolidation with Winston in 1913. It is presented as a distinctive example of early 20th century eclecticism combining Italianate and local Moravian influences, and as representative of Northup's early work and of the Fogle Brothers firm. It also served for over half a century as one of Winston-Salem's important fire stations.","narrative":"Built in 1912 on the southeast corner of South Liberty and Cemetery Streets in Salem, the two-story brick Town Hall was designed by Willard C. Northup and constructed by Fogle Brothers. Its three-story corner bell tower, brick quoins and round-arched Moravian-style doorways combine Italianate and local Moravian design. The building was completed just before Salem merged with Winston in 1913 and served as a town office, jail and fire station. Its site was acquired after the Southbound Railroad took the earlier town hall property. The fire station operated there until the mid 1970s, and the shed on the south side was later bricked in during the 1940s polio epidemic to house an iron lung. The building is regarded as the last surviving town hall of Salem and an example of Northup's early work and of the Fogle Brothers' construction. It is being rehabilitated for office and commercial use.","period_of_significance":"1912-1913","architect_builder":"Willard C. Northup (architect); Fogle Brothers (builder)","architectural_style":"Eclectic, combining Italianate and local Moravian influences","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"The document states the building is being rehabilitated for office and commercial use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.261382-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/34/7202/47720234/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001882.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000591","name":"Old Salem Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/old-salem-historic-district-66000591/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720234","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706186"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/salem-town-hall-83001882/"}