450 East Devonshire Street, Fire Station No. 5, c. 1924

This station shares its design with plans done by Willard C. Northup’s firm for an identical fire station at 214 North Dunleith Ave. in East Winston. Constructed by Fogle Brothers, it was completed in 1924 and functioned as a fire station until 1977. It was eventually redeveloped into apartments, and has been managed by the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association since then. It is one of the oldest surviving fire stations in Winston-Salem.

A two-story common-bond brick fire house with an enclosed door. The replacement windows are one-over-one sash. The building has a shed roof behind a parapet wall and a stair tower on the east side. The top of this tower has a projecting beam with attached pulley, likely used to dry fire hoses. Masonry details include a soldier course at the cornice and lintels, a header belt course and door surround, a cast stone cornice., and an all header dark glazed band around the enclosed garage door bay. 1920 CD: not listed; 1930 CD: City Fire Department Station No. 5 (J. H. Holmes, Captain); 1940 CD: n/a; 1950 CD: n/a.