List of tallest buildings in Winston-Salem

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Below is a list of the 10 tallest buildings in Winston-Salem above 200 feet. The tallest building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina is 100 North Main Street. The 2nd tallest building in Winston-Salem the tallest in Winston-Salem from 1966 to 1995 and the tallest building in North Carolina from 1966 to 1971 when Two Wells Fargo Center in Charlotte was constructed.

Tallest buildings[edit]

Rank Name Image Height
ft / m
Floors Year Notes
1 100 North Main Street 460 / 140[1] 34 1995 Tallest building in Winston-Salem since 1995, as well as the tallest in North Carolina outside of Charlotte and Raleigh The building contains 549,000 square feet (51,000 m2) of space. It was 95% leased as February 2012, tenants at that time included Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank Securities, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.[2] In October 2018 WFC Property LLC of Oklahoma City purchased the building for $62 million.[3]
2 Winston Tower 410 / 125[4] 30 1966 Tallest building in Winston-Salem from 1966 to 1995. Tallest building in Winston-Salem constructed in the 1960s.
3 GMAC Tower 330 / 110.6[5] 21 1980
4 Reynolds Building 314 / 95.7[6] 22 1929 Tallest building in Winston-Salem from 1929 to 1966.
5 BB&T Financial Center 273 / 83.2[7] 21 1987 Office building.
6 RJR Plaza Building 269 / 82[8] 12 1929
7 Nissen Building 246 / 75[9] 20 1927 Tallest building in Winston-Salem from 1927 to 1929.
8 Marriott Winston Plaza Hotel 237 / 72.2[10] 19 1984 Tallest full-service hotel in Winston Salem
9 Liberty Plaza Upload image 230 / 70.1[11] 14 1973
10 Janeway Clinical Sciences Tower Upload image 225 / 68.6[12] 12 1989
11 One West Fourth Street Upload image 211 / 64.3[13] 13 2002

Timeline of tallest buildings[edit]

Name Image Height
ft (m)
Floors Years tallest
Nissen Building 246 / 75[9] 20 1927-1929
Reynolds Building 314 / 95.7[6] 22 1929-1966
Winston Tower 410 / 125[4] 30 1966-1995
100 North Main Street 460 / 140[1] 34 1995–present

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "100 North Main (Winston-Salem)". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  2. ^ Covington, Owen (February 23, 2012). "For sale: Wells Fargo Center in downtown Winston-Salem". Triad Business Journal. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  3. ^ Craver, Richard (October 16, 2018). "Wells Fargo Center downtown sells for $62 million to Oklahoma developer". Winston-Salem Journal.
  4. ^ a b "Winston Tower (Winston-Salem)". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "500 West Fifth Street (Winston-Salem)". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Reynolds Building (Winston-Salem)". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  7. ^ "BB&T Financial Center (Winston-Salem)". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  8. ^ "Reynolds Plaza (Winston-Salem)". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Nissen Building (Winston-Salem)". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  10. ^ "Marriott Winston Plaza Hotel (Winston-Salem)". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  11. ^ "Liberty Plaza (Winston-Salem)". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  12. ^ "Janeway Clinical Sciences Tower (Winston-Salem)". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  13. ^ "One West Fourth Street (Winston-Salem)". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved December 12, 2023.