Brick walls two stories high mark the Zevely House, a three-bay by two-bay dwelling in Winston-Salem. Built about 1815 by Vannimmen Zively, its story begins after Zively married Johanna Sophia Shober in 1809 and bought the 160-acre tract that same year; six years later he erected this house on Old Town Road. The building’s German-influenced North Carolina Moravian style is plain and resolute: solid brick walls, a one-story rear shed addition, and a full-width front entrance porch that invites you up to its threshold.
Though you see it here at 901 West Fourth Street, the house originally stood at 734 Oak Street until it was moved in 1974 and subsequently restored during 1974–1975. Its preservation was recognized earlier when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Today it houses a restaurant, so the rooms you imagine as family spaces now welcome guests in a living, adapted way.
Stand close and feel how the proportions—two stories, three bays by two bays—give the facade its calm balance. Picture the full-width porch, the brickwork, and the West Fourth Street setting the house now occupies.