Wayback Wednesday: NC’s Home-Run Derby of 1961
If you wanted to see major league baseball players hit home runs in 1961, you didn’t have to leave Winston-Salem; you just had to travel to Ernie Shore Field. Following a exciting home run...
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Wayback Wednesday: 1949 Centennial Parade – Kindergarten-Style
Everyone in Forsyth County was caught up in the spirit of the ’49ers’ in May 1949. Forsyth County Centennial plans were in the works for over a year, and the parade that made its...
Wayback Wednesday: The Zevely House
The stately brick house that sits on a lot facing West Fourth Street, between Summit Street and Brookstown Avenue, has a long and interesting history. In fact, it is referred to as the oldest...
Wayback Wednesday: The Taylor House
The William Barrett Taylor house sits on a point of land that faces West Fourth Street, and is flanked by Brookstown Avenue and Grace Court. William Barrett Taylor (1851-1933) came to Winston-Salem in the...
Wayback Wednesday: Happy St. Patrick’s Day
This embossed St. Patrick’s Day postcard was mailed from Farmington, Washington, to a woman in Winston-Salem, in 1907. The postcard is an undivided back postcard, which means that the entire back of the postcard...
Wayback Wednesday: Can You Identify These Photos?
The following are two photographs that were taken by Winston-Salem Journal photographer, Jim Keith. They are not necessarily connected, except that they were probably taken in 1961. If you can identify either the school...
Wayback Wednesday: Cloverdale Apartments
If you’ve lived in Winston-Salem for a while and traveled along Cloverdale Avenue in the Ardmore Neighborhood, you are probably familiar with the Cloverdale Apartments. The two-story, brick apartments contained 160 units and stretched...
Wayback Wednesday: Forsyth County Courthouses, Part 4.
The extensive renovation of the second Forsyth County Courthouse began November 1, 1925. The renovation added 25 feet to the Main and Liberty Street sides, changed the main entrance from Liberty to Third Street,...
Wayback Wednesday: Forsyth County Courthouses, Part 3
The second Forsyth County Courthouse was completed in January 1897 and was financed by issuing 110 bonds of $500 each, payable in 5, 10, and 15 years to raise $55,000. The building took ten...
Wayback Wednesday: Forsyth County Courthouses, Part 2.
Forsyth County was formed from the southern half of Stokes County on January 16, 1849. At that time the courts met in Germanton, the county seat of Stokes. The logical site for the new...