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Historic Preservation Month 2008

Stuart Motor Company Building
109 East Mountain Street, Kernersville

The Coltrane Family transformed a largely vacant building that was falling into disrepair into a renovated professional office building. Ned Robert Stuart built Stuart Motor Company to serve as Kernersville’s first automobile showroom. The building’s second story was originally a machine shop for the automobile company and was converted to apartments around 1930, one of which the Stuart family lived in. The Stuart Motor Company Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. After years of neglect, the Coltrane family purchased the building in 2003 and later converted it into professional offices. Construction was completed in early 2007, and the space is currently used by a law office and a professional photography studio. A display highlighting the rich history of the building was included in the law office update. Original architectural plans, materials, bills, and numerous original newspaper articles and photographs are on view.

Nominated: Joseph M. Coltrane Jr. and Family 

492 West End Blvd (Before)

 
492 West End Blvd (After)

Former Summit Street Pharmacy
492 West End Boulevard, Winston-Salem

The former Summit Street Pharmacy was built in 1928 by C. A. Dobbins and is a contributing structure in the West End Historic District. The two-story masonry building is designed in the Mediterranean style. The wall surface is covered with rough stucco with randomly-placed slate slabs of varying colors. In the 1940s, the pharmacy featured a soda fountain that extended the length of the building, and with R.J. Reynolds High School nearby, quickly became “the gathering place for young people in Winston-Salem.”  In 1968, the pharmacy moved to Reynolda Road and the West End building became offices and a warehouse for Kentucky Fried Chicken.

In 2006, Chris Ramm purchased the property and renovated it, turning the first floor space into the Mock Orange Bike Shop and the second story back to apartments and an office. Renovation included repair of the stucco exterior, repair and reglazing of the windows, repainting of all wood features, replacement of broken terra cotta roof tiles, installation of landscaping and parking improvements at the rear of the property.

Nominated: Chris and Suzanne Ramm; Chip and Mary Eliza Duckett; Mock Orange Bike Shop; Neil Clark, Twin City Construction; John Kelly, Twin City Construction

6275 Shallowford Rd (Before)

 6275 Shallowford Rd (After)

Lewisville Roller Mill
6275 Shallowford Road, Lewisville

The Lewisville Roller Mill is a landmark for the town and operated for 58 years as its largest employer. Built by J. P. Sprinkle and Sons, the mill was originally powered by steam generators. In 1925, Mr. Fielden Hale Jennings purchased the mill and converted it to gasoline power, using a two-cylinder, 30 horse-power engine. By 1929, he converted the mill to electric power. Through the years, the building had many additions, which changed the appearance of the mill. In 1980, Tom Fowler purchased the mill. He removed the large porch that had been added to the front and reinstalled the windows on the second story in an attempt to restore the building to its original design. The exterior and interior were completely renovated, including repairs to the siding and the installation of a new roof. The structure is now being used for a variety of uses including a coffee shop, retail store, and engineering offices.

Nominated: Tom Fowler Family