West Salem Historic District

Along the southwestern edge of Winston-Salem, West Salem grew out of farmland and outlots once belonging to the Moravian town of Salem. The Stockburger Farm, established in 1782, is the earliest resource identified, though its present appearance reflects alterations around 1900. Development accelerated after the 1843 Ackerman-Reich House on Poplar Street, with a main wave of construction from about 1865 through the 1950s. The district contains about forty single-pile cottages, around thirty gable ell cottages, twenty-six I-houses built from the 1880s to about 1910, and sixteen Queen Anne cottages. Workers' housing lines streets such as Albert, Wachovia and Apple. Later bungalows and Minimal Traditional houses extend the sequence. The district is regarded as one of the best collections of historic neighborhood commercial buildings in the city. It is significant for illustrating both working-class and middle-income residential forms tied to the textile and tobacco industries of Salem and Winston.