Last week I shared how brothers J W, F H, and H E Fries created “a community of friends” called Oak Crest in June 1923. Then two months later on August 19, 1923, an ad ran in the Winston-Salem Journal promoting the new neighborhood. Both the ad and a (clearer) copy of the original plat (cropped from the ad) are posted below. This ad contains some very interesting information.
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This copy of the original plat of Oak Crest is much easier to read than the previous one that I posted last week. It enabled me to answer the two questions I had from the other copy. First, the date, June 1923. This is the earliest date I have found for Oak Crest. Since this is when it was platted, anything earlier would probably be the date that the Fries brothers purchased the tract of land or any previous owners of the land. Second, notice that the faint outline of Freds Rd (from the previous copy) is not present on this copy which indicates that it was created later. One additional note, the 5 parcels with running water were 3,4, 7,8, and 24 and is indicated by the streams that flowed on them.