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George Black

Mr. George Black, original mason of the 1923 North Carolina Baptist Hospital’s main building. He is holding a brick from the destruction of “Old Main” in 1978.

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  1. George Black’s house and brickyard (at 111 Dellabrook Rd.) are now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The marker reads: George Black House and Brickyard.

    This site was the home and brickyard of the nationally-known brickmaker George H. Black from 1934 until his death in 1980 at the age of 101. Black, the son of former slaves, came to Winston-Salem as a child. He worked for the Hedgecock and Hime Brickyard, which gave him a mud mill to use as firewood. Instead, he used it to start his own brickyard and established a reputation for making traditional handmade bricks of quality and durability. Black made bricks for use in Winston-Salem’s finest houses, in churches, businesses, and restorations in Old Salem and Colonial Williamsburg. A sought-after brickmaker across the state and Southeast, Black was nationally and internationally recognized for his craft. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

    See more information here: National Register of Historic Places (scroll down).

    1 | Julie James Thursday, October 4, 2007 11:17 am

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Mr. George Black, original mason of the 1923 North Carolina Baptist Hospital's main building. He is holding a brick from the destruction of "Old Main" in 1978.
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