{"nrhp_refnum":"98000728","name":"Lloyd Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"748 Chestnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.10369964900008,"lon":-80.24221077699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-06-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Lloyd Presbyterian Church is a frame Carpenter Gothic church building on the west side of Chestnut Street in the Depot Street neighborhood of Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The document states it was erected by members of its congregation between 1900 and 1907.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a landmark among African-American architectural resources in Forsyth County and the only Carpenter Gothic church in the county, and that it is among the most well-preserved turn-of-the-century church buildings in Winston-Salem. It also cites the congregation's long leadership in the community's political and social life, and its role as the earliest remaining building in the Depot Street neighborhood.","narrative":"Lloyd Presbyterian Church is a frame Carpenter Gothic building on Chestnut Street in Winston-Salem's Depot Street neighborhood, erected by members of its congregation between 1900 and 1907. The gable-front church has weatherboard walls, a pressed metal shingle roof, lancet windows with colored glass, and a small steeple with a bellcast spire. Its small theater-plan sanctuary retains a beaded-board cove ceiling, a heart-of-pine floor, and handcarved wooden pews, and its octagonal apse survives largely intact. The congregation grew out of efforts by Northern Presbyterian missionaries to establish African-American churches in the South, and its early members included tobacco factory workers who later became teachers, bankers and businessmen. The church is regarded as a rare, little-changed example of the Gothic Revival style. It also served as headquarters for the city-wide Council on Racial Equality, and its surviving setting reflects the neighborhood that once developed around the tobacco factories.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1900-1948","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The church has been in continuous use since its construction and retains high exterior and interior integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.837392-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/7178/47717839/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/98000728.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000728/5a99ba2417-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000728/5a99ba2417-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LLOYD_PRESBYTERIAN_CHURCH,_FORSYTH_COUNTY.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:LLOYD_PRESBYTERIAN_CHURCH,_FORSYTH_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717839","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Presbyterian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6662695"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/lloyd-presbyterian-church-98000728/"}