Salem Town Hall and Fire Station

Contributors:

Fogle Brothers, builders; Northup and O'Brien, architects; Willard C. Northup, architect

Dates:

1912; 1915

Location:

Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

Street Address:

50 Cemetery St., Winston-Salem, NC

Status:

Standing

Type:

Public

Images Published In:

Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina (2003).
Gwynne Stephens Taylor, From Frontier to Factory: An Architectural History of Forsyth County (1981).

Note:

In this red brick municipal building, Northup created one of the first of Winston-Salem’s “Salem Revival” buildings featuring the distinctive “bonnet” hood at the entrance. It was built shortly before Salem formally became part of the city of Winston-Salem.