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John Wesley Snyder House

Coordinates: 36°1′30″N 80°16′27″W / 36.02500°N 80.27417°W / 36.02500; -80.27417
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photograph of the John Wesley Snyder House (ca.1922), located in southern Forsyth County, North Carolina
John Wesley Snyder House
John Wesley Snyder House is located in North Carolina
John Wesley Snyder House
John Wesley Snyder House is located in the United States
John Wesley Snyder House
Location2715 Old Salisbury Rd., near Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates36°1′30″N 80°16′27″W / 36.02500°N 80.27417°W / 36.02500; -80.27417
Area2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Builtc. 1922 (1922), c. 1940
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.00001209[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 12, 2000

John Wesley Snyder House is a historic home located near Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was completed about 1922, and is a large two-story, three-bay, American Craftsman style granite dwelling. It features a low hipped roof pierced by three low hipped dormers, widely overhanging eaves, carved rafter ends, and projecting entrance bay supported by a pair of large, curved, wood brackets. It has a Colonial Revival / Craftsman interior. Construction materials were sourced from local quarries and forests. Also on the property are the contributing two-story granite carriage house/apartment (c.1922), granite smokehouse (c.1940), frame barn (c.1922), and frame pack house (c.1950).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Laura A. W. Phillips (January 2000). "John Wesley Snyder House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.