Winston Tower

The Winston Tower (formerly Wachovia Building) is a 410 ft (125 m) tall skyscraper in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, completed in 1966 with 29 floors. It was the tallest building in North Carolina until it was passed by Charlotte's Jefferson First Union Tower in 1971.[2]

Wachovia Building
Winston Tower, February 2020
Location301 N. Main St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Coordinates36°5′53″N 80°14′37″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1963 (1963)
Built byC. P. Street Construction Company
ArchitectCameron Assoc.; Cameron, Albert B., et al.
Architectural styleInternational Style
NRHP reference No.01000376[1]
Added to NRHPApril 19, 2001

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

After a 2003 renovation in which all 6,033 windows were replaced with tinted glass to save energy, the building received its current name.[3][4] It has 436,000 square feet (40,500 square meters) of office space.[5] As of 2009, Winston Tower is the second tallest office building in the city, behind 100 North Main Street; both have previously served as the corporate headquarters for Wachovia Bank.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Laura A. W. Phillips (September 2000). "Wachovia Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  3. "Winston Tower". emporis.com. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  4. "Johnston Memorial Presbyterian Church Timeline" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  5. Craver, Richard (2009-11-23). "Home of RJR on the market". Winston-Salem Journal. Archived from the original on 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2009-11-23.


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