{"nrhp_refnum":"84002296","name":"Spruce Street YMCA","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"315 N. Spruce St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.09724786000004,"lon":-80.24849372899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick and limestone former YMCA building with Classic Revival detailing at 315 North Spruce Street in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina, built in 1927 to designs by local architect Harold Macklin.","why_significant":"The building is tied to the 1920s building boom in Winston-Salem, when tobacco and textile wealth financed civic and commercial construction. It is associated with prominent business and civic leaders who backed the YMCA. It is also the work of architect Harold Macklin and reflects an era when downtown YMCAs offered dormitories for young men entering business.","narrative":"Downtown Winston-Salem's former Spruce Street YMCA is a four-story brick building trimmed in limestone with Classic Revival detail, completed in 1927 from designs by local architect Harold Macklin, who consulted the national YMCA's Building Bureau. Separate Men's and Boys' entrances with Corinthian pilasters and arched openings face the street. Inside were social rooms with fireplaces, two gymnasiums, a basement swimming pool, a banquet hall and 116 dormitory rooms. Funded by about $425,000 in community gifts, including $50,000 from the R. J. Reynolds estate, it reflected the 1920s building boom fueled by tobacco and textile wealth. It was linked to civic leaders such as Thurmond Chatham and Charles M. Norfleet. The YMCA served men and boys here until 1976, when it moved to a new building. The structure represents a time when a downtown location was favored for attracting young men starting careers. It is now owned by the city and vacant, with deteriorated condition noted and a fire having damaged the lobby in 1984.","period_of_significance":"1927","architect_builder":"Harold Macklin, architect; Northeastern Construction Company of New York, builder","architectural_style":"Classic Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and owned by the City of Winston-Salem; the YMCA moved to a new West End building in 1976, and the lobby area burned in January 1984. The form lists the condition as deteriorated and altered.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:51.335199-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/7202/47720238/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84002296.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002296/2ae7af053e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002296/2ae7af053e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"P. Hughes","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winston-Salem_-_Spruce_Street_YMCA_Building_01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">P. Hughes</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winston-Salem_-_Spruce_Street_YMCA_Building_01.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100008467","name":"Downtown Winston-Salem Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/downtown-winston-salem-historic-district-100008467/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720238","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruce_Street_YMCA","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016218"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/spruce-street-ymca-84002296/"}