Mays-Bynum House

Contributors:

John Dietrich Tavis, builder

Dates:

1855

Location:

Germanton, Stokes County

Street Address:

6809 Germanton Rd., Germanton, NC

Status:

No longer standing

Type:

Residential

Note:

Intended to house “Mrs. May’s School of Social Graces for Ladies,” the house is known locally as the Dr. Bynum House for the family that owned it from 1900 to 1948. It was noted on deeds as the “Academy property.” It was demolished in the 1950s.