{"nrhp_refnum":"93000316","name":"Crews, Thomas A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4997 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Walkertown","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.17503520400004,"lon":-80.15134253399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Queen Anne-influenced house with outbuildings in Walkertown, Forsyth County, North Carolina, built in 1891 and enlarged around 1911 by Thomas A. Crews, with a surviving brick smokestack of his former tobacco factory nearby.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the most fully developed and best preserved example of late nineteenth-century Queen Anne domestic architecture in Walkertown, and that its brick wash house and frame smokehouse are unusually fine outbuildings for the county. It also links the property to Thomas Crews's tobacco manufacturing business, its later sale to a Reynolds-related firm, and his civic work in education and church life.","narrative":"Built in 1891 in Walkertown, north of Winston-Salem, this two-story frame house shows Queen Anne influence through its intersecting gables, wrap-around porch with turned posts and sawn brackets, and free-flowing interior plan. Thomas Albert Crews, a tobacco manufacturer, built it on land he bought in 1890, and it was enlarged around 1911. The property includes a brick wash house, a frame smokehouse, and other outbuildings, set among maple, oak and pear trees. Crews's T. A. Crews Tobacco Company employed up to 350 workers in a three-story factory, of which only the brick smokestack remains. Crews also led efforts for Love's Methodist Church and helped start Walkertown's school. The house is regarded as the best preserved late nineteenth-century Queen Anne dwelling in the community, and its outbuildings are among the finest surviving examples in the county.","period_of_significance":"1891-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian; Vernacular Queen Anne","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"The house is occupied by the Crews family; the 1992 renovation returned it to its 1911 appearance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.219679-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/7202/47720222/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/93000316.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720222","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_A._Crews_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461209"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/crews-thomas-a-house-93000316/"}