Details of dining room and typical details

A. H. Bahnson House (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Details of dining room and typical details
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Chair rails
Dining rooms
Mantels
Moldings
Original Format:
Linen
Extent:
483mm x 953mm
Item identifier:
mc00240-001-ff0127-001-001_0012
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Detail drawings
Location:
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Beaux Arts to Modernism

Source information

Repository:
Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:
Northup & O'Brien Architectural Records, 1917-1980 (MC00240) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
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Funding:
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Building: Bahnson, Agnew Hunter House (Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Northup, Willard Close, 1882-1942 
Architect:
more info on Northup & O'Brien (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 
Built:
Street:
450 N. Spring Street
Community:
Winston-Salem
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
27101
Architectural note:
From Preservation North Carolina Website: Designed by Willard C. Northup in 1919 and built in 1920, the Agnew Hunter Bahnson House is a large, two-story, stuccoed house in the English Country House style, reminiscent of C. F. A. Voysey and the English Arts and Crafts architectural movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Though designed by a different architect from that of Reynolda, the Bahnson house certainly borrowed from the Charles Barton Keen design with its Ludowici-Celadon green tiled roof, austere white-stucco façade, asymmetrical form and unusual fenestration. The interior features a large stair hall with handsome staircase which opens to a large living room with French doors flanking the fireplace that lead to the tiled sunporch. A large dining room with fireplace opens to the butler's pantry, with intact cabinetry, large kitchen and service wing with back stairs. Also on the main floor is a small den with fireplace and library which opens via French doors to the slate terrace. Upstairs are four principal bedrooms, four baths (fixtures have been removed but tile is intact), and twin sleeping porches on the south end. The master bedroom accesses two baths and opens to the sleeping porches and a back-stair area with access to attic, which is finished but not counted in square footage (former servant quarters). Likewise, there is a full basement with numerous rooms used for mechanical systems, storage, etc.
Historical note:
When built, the house was part of a long row of large houses along W. Fifth Street, known as "Millionaires Row." In fact, the lot had been the garden and tennis court for the adjacent R. J. Reynolds house, where the Reynolds family lived prior to moving to their country house, Reynolda (c. 1917). The house was in the Bahnson family until the late 1960s when it was given to the Forsyth County Library and was used by them until last year. It has had minimal alterations, however, most bathroom fixtures have been removed and three of the four fireplaces have lost their mantles and have been boarded over. The house has been well-maintained and has a fairly recent four-zone heat pump system. Though no longer a truly residential neighborhood, there is potential to convert the house back to a grand residence or it has a multitude of commercial possibilities. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places." http://go.ncsu.edu/lfagyg, accessed on 2010-12-03.
Provenance note:
Designed by Willard C. Northup in 1919 and built in 1920 for Agnew Hunter Bahnson
Location:
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
Latitude, Longitude:
36.098517, -80.253166