{"nrhp_refnum":"85000876","name":"Blair, William Allen, House","other_names":["Blair House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"210 S. Cherry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.09209660000005,"lon":-80.24654330499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Colonial Revival residence at 210 South Cherry Street in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, built in 1901 by Fogle Brothers Lumber Company for William Allen Blair and his wife Mary Eleanor Fries Blair.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of only four surviving high-style turn-of-the-century residences on Cherry Street, once the finest residential boulevard in Salem and Winston, and one of the finest Colonial Revival houses remaining in the city. It is also tied to William A. Blair, a banker, educator and longtime chairman of the state Board of Public Charities, and to his family's civic, educational and religious contributions.","narrative":"Built in 1901 at 210 South Cherry Street in Winston-Salem, this two-story frame house is among the finest Colonial Revival residences remaining in the city. Fogle Brothers Lumber Company, a prolific local building firm, constructed it for William A. Blair and Mary Eleanor Fries Blair. No architect has been identified. The exterior has a high hipped roof, gabled dormers, a Palladian window, a wrap-around porch with Doric columns and a porte-cochere. Inside, an inverted L-shaped entrance hall with oak wainscoting opens to parlors, library and dining room through pocket doors. The house retains original floors, paneling, fixtures and lighting. It stands beside Hylehurst, the Queen Anne home of Mary Fries Blair's father, and is one of four high-style turn-of-the-century houses surviving on Cherry Street. Blair lived there for forty-seven years. He was a banker, educator and lawyer who chaired the North Carolina Board of Public Charities for forty-four years. Three generations of Fries descendants have lived on the block.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Fogle Brothers (Fogle Brothers Lumber Company); no architect identified","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, unaltered and on its original site; the form marks it unoccupied and private residence, and notes the house retains its original floors, woodwork, fixtures and light fixtures.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.348303-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/7202/47720212/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/85000876.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000876/ecf96cbe52-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000876/ecf96cbe52-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WILLIAM_ALLEN_BLAIR_HOUSE,_FORSYTH_COUNTY,NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WILLIAM_ALLEN_BLAIR_HOUSE,_FORSYTH_COUNTY,NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720212","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_Blair_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460561"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/blair-william-allen-house-85000876/"}