The Shenandoah Apartments, rendered in an eclectic, somewhat Spanish mode, exemplified an important building type that too seldom survives in North Carolina towns: a stylish and well-appointed small apartment house, here 2 stories tall and arranged for about six families. Providing respectability and density within the context of residential neighborhoods, such multi-unit buildings were erected in many cities across the nation; of those built in North Carolina, only a fraction survive.