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Identification
Name
Reynolds Building
Alternative name
Reynolds American Tower, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, R.J. Reynolds Building
Emporis Building ID
123868
Location
Main address
Side address
Address as text
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ZIP
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Complex
City
State
Country
Map and Surrounding Area
Technical Data
Height (architectural)
95.72 m
Height (roof)
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Floors (above ground)
21
Construction start
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Construction end
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Floor-to-floor height
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Construction costs
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Structure in General
Construction type
high-rise building
Current status
existing [completed]
Structural system
rigid frame
Structural material
steel
Facade material
limestone
Facade system
curtain wall
Architectural style
art deco / art moderne
Usages
Main usages
commercial office
Features and Amenities
One of the city's famous buildings
Facts
Perhaps the most architecturally significant building in Winston-Salem, a masterpiece of Art Deco design and detail.
Total height 395' (120.4m) from the Caravan Room entrance at the rear on Church Street to the top of the flagpole. (Official height is measured from the main entrance.)
Tallest office building south of Baltimore when completed (counting the flagpole). Without the flagpole, it was the tallest office building between Baltimore and Birmingham.
Used as a model for the Empire State Building by the same architects.
Designated Office Building of the Year in 1929 by the National Association of Architects.
Winner of the 1984 Art Deco Society of New York award for best restoration.
It succeeded the Nissen Building in 1929 as the tallest building in North Carolina, a rank it held until 1965 when it was surpassed by Winston Tower.
The official opening was on Saturday, April 27, 1929.
Reynolds Tobacco was the nation's leading tobacco company in 1929, with its only cigarette brand, Camel, the nation's leading brand.
The chief cladding material is Indiana limestone, while the lobby features marble finishes and metal detail.
The top of the building is lit at night, one of the most distinctive features of the city's skyline.
The Reynolds Building has been seen as an icon of corporate power and prosperity unequaled in the South, and is still often regarded as a symbol of the city.
The Reynolds Building now houses the company's brand marketing, executive offices, benefits, legal and human resources operations.
Constructed atop the site formally occupied by the Winston-Salem Municipal Building.
Companies involved in this building

architect: Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates, Hammill-Walter Associates

Other companies:
James Baird Construction Company
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