History of Washington Park's Architects
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Interestingly, several architects lived in Washington Park. Harold Macklin was born in England, educated in London, and moved to Winston-Salem in 1919, establishing his architectural practice. He lived first on Gloria, then in a bungalow at 330 Vintage Avenue. He formed a partnership with William Roy Wallace (who had come to Winston-Salem with Charles Barton Keen for construction of Reynolds High School and Reynolda House, and remained). Before the Depression, the offices of Macklin and Wallace required the entire twelfth floor of the Reynolds Building. Unlike those of Lashmit and Northup, most of Macklin's designs were for commercial and institutional buildings. His designs include the Journal and Sentinal building, the YWCA on Glade Street in West End, the YMCA on Spruce Street, and the Pepper Building downtown (he was also architect for its remodeling), but his most prominent work was as associate architect for nationally-known Cram & Ferguson's design for St. Paul's Episcopal Church, one of the most outstanding Gothic Revival structures in the region. No buildings in the Washington Park Historic District have been identified as Macklin's.
Hall Crews was another architect who lived in Washington Park. He grew up at 418 Acadia Avenue, studied architecture at Columbia University and joined a New York firm. He later worked for a while in Northup's firm, was licensed in 1923 and practiced from the house at 418 Acadia for many years. Crews designed Augsburg Lutheran Church in the West End neighborhood in 1926, and the Modern Chevrolet building in the International style in 1947. He is said to have designed Schlatter Memorial Church, a Gothic Revival style brick building completed at 236 Banner Avenue in 1920; however, this should be confirmed as Crews did not become a registered architect until 1923. No other buildings in the neighborhood are attributed to Crews at this time. At 180 Park Boulevard lived the office manager for C. Gilbert Humphreys, Mr. Levesque. Like Macklin, Humphreys was born in England; he designed some of the grand houses for Winston-Salem's wealthy in the Stratford Road and West End areas, and it is possible that some of Cascade Avenue's large houses are his work as well. Finally, William E. Miller's son, William F. Miller, was an architect. 'Big Will' was a vice-president of Fogle Bros.; 'Little Will' and his father built several houses together on Park Boulevard.