Two nondescript industrial buildings in Winston-Salem are on track for national landmark designations.
The Camel City Coach Company and the Bahnson Company building stand side-by-side on South Marshall Street, just a stone’s throw from Old Salem. Both are being considered by the National Register of Historic Places.
Camel City Coach is a large vacant garage built in 1927. For decades, it was a thriving maintenance and repair operation for a regional bus line, which grew to hundreds of employees. Today, it’s the last of its kind still standing in Winston-Salem.
Historic Resources Project Planner Michelle McCullough says history played an important role in the Bahnson Company building’s nomination as well…