Created By: Preservation Forsyth
A large wood-shingled Colonial Revival style house with one-story porches to each side, both supported by Tuscan columns: the right one topped by a pergola, the left an entrance porch featuring an elliptical fanlight and sidelights. The first floor has symmetrical six-over-six triple windows with single six-over-six on the second floor, then three hipped dormers above. The Broad Street facade features a large stepped brick chimney; the slate roof is deck-on-hip. A stone retaining wall runs along the Cascade Avenue and Broad Street sides, curving around a large tree. The property extends to Banner Avenue in the rear.
The house was originally built in the mid-1800s as a four-room farmhouse by Constantine and Mary Banner, for whom Banner Avenue is presumably named. It was bought by Mrs. Lydia W. Schouler in 1894, who lived here for 25 years with her husband David D. Schouler (owner of Schouler’s Department Store) and their son James. It was first remodeled between 1890 and 1905 when a dining room and small den were added.
In 1919, it was purchased by Jane Boyden Craige, wife of attorney Burton Craige. In 1929 the Craiges hired Northup and O’Brien to design a major remodel, removing the earlier changes and over-building the remainder with a new living room, dining room, library, bedrooms, and sleeping porches. The exterior was done in the popular Colonial Revival style. The remodel was so extensive the Craiges moved to 102 Gloria Avenue and lived there a year while work was completed.
(Local legend insists the remodel was designed by architect Luther Lashmit, who was employed with Northup and O’Brien at the time. Most documentation on this house notes his name does not appear on the plans, however, a former owner of the house insists it does. Lashmit also included this home on lists of his projects.)
The landscaping was designed by Philadelphia landscape architect Thomas Sears with gardens that extend through to Banner Avenue. They originally contained a swimming pool, matching garage, servant’s quarters, boxwood and rose gardens, and terraced lawn. For many years the Craiges also owned the land which is today 120 Cascade Avenue.
On January 3, 1911, the Winston-Salem Journal reported that Burton Craige of Salisbury had been appointed the first full-time attorney for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The paper noted that “in the profession he is looked upon as one of the leading lawyers in the state… Mr. Craige considers Winston-Salem the best city in the state, and this he says was the chief inducement that determined him in making this his home for the future.” He retired in 1916 and then maintained two private practices with Craige & Vogler Law firm in Winston-Salem, and with Craige & Craige (his brother Kerr Craige) in Salisbury.
134 - pool, c.1929 (contributing)
Concrete swimming pool designed as part of Thomas Sears' landscape plan. The Craiges frequently invited neighborhood children to swim here.
134 - rear garage, c.1930 (contributing, designed by Northup and O’Brien)
A large gable-roofed frame garage with four car bays, each with half-glazed double doors and hipped dormers, and a slate roof. Building permits indicate this was built around 1930 by "day labor.”
Deck roof, deck-on-hipped roof - A hipped roof that has been truncated to form a flat-topped roof.
Tuscan Columns – similar to the Greek Doric order (within the five Classical Orders), the Roman Tuscan order is the simplest of the five orders. The columns are always unfluted with no ornamentation, a simple round shaft topped by a round capital.
This point of interest is part of the tour: Washington Park NR Historic District Walking Tour Part 2
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