{"nrhp_refnum":"96000196","name":"Taplin, A. E., Apartment Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"408 W. Parkway Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"High Point","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":35.96775065000003,"lon":-80.01959188699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, stuccoed frame apartment building at 408 West Parkway Avenue in High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, built in 1920 by civil engineer and builder Arthur Ernest Taplin.","why_significant":"The building is a well-preserved example of Spanish Colonial Revival, a style uncommon in High Point and North Carolina. It is also the only apartment building in the prestigious Emerywood subdivision and one of few surviving upper middle-class apartment buildings from 1920s High Point. It reflects the period's need for housing for upwardly mobile professionals.","narrative":"Built in 1920 at 408 West Parkway Avenue in High Point, this three-story stuccoed frame apartment building sits at the southern edge of the Emerywood neighborhood. Its Spanish Colonial Revival character shows in the textured stucco, a low hip roof, an arched front entry, a wrought-iron balcony with French doors, and a sunken garden that recalls a courtyard. Builder Arthur Ernest Taplin, a civil engineer and real estate entrepreneur who helped lay out Emerywood, lived here until 1927. The building holds five apartments, and the second-floor unit was redecorated in the late 1940s by Greensboro designer Otto Zenke. Original details such as maple floors, plaster walls, brass hardware and wrought-iron fixtures survive. The building was listed for its architecture. It is a rare local example of the style, the only apartment building in Emerywood, and one of few upper middle-class apartment buildings left from 1920s High Point, a period of rapid growth and housing shortage.","period_of_significance":"1920","architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder Arthur Ernest Taplin","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a multiple dwelling with five apartment units; the original layout is largely retained, with later additions including an early 1940s breakfast room and garage and a 1988 sunroom.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.320913-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/7205/47720532/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/96000196.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000196/c4a8f86317-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000196/c4a8f86317-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A.E._Taplin_Apartment_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A.E._Taplin_Apartment_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720532","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._E._Taplin_Apartment_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20679846"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/taplin-a-e-apartment-building-96000196/"}