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1956 – Wake Forest College relocates to Winston-Salem. 1960 – Winston-Salem exceeds 100,000 for the first time. 1965 Hanes Corporation headquartered in city. [20] Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts established. [21] Parkway Theatre opens. [17] 1966 – Wachovia Building (hi-rise) constructed. 1967 – November: Racial unrest. [8]
Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. [7] At the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the fifth-most populous city in North Carolina and the 91st-most populous city in the United States. [8]
Shell Service Station, 2020. Waughtown–Belview Historic District is a national historic district located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 1,137 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object in a largely residential section of Winston-Salem.
The Ardmore Historic District is a 600-acre (240 ha) national historic district located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 2,093 contributing buildings and two contributing sites.
North of Winston-Salem on NC 65, SR 1611, 1628, and 1688; also roughly the area outside the original district west and north along Muddy Creek, south to Reynolda Rd., and east along Walker Rd. 36°10′51″N 80°20′16″W / 36.180833°N 80.337778°W / 36.180833; -80.337778 ( Bethania Historic
Centerville Historic District is a national historic district in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 91 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in Winston-Salem. It includes a mix of residential, commercial, and light industrial buildings built between about 1900 and 1950.
Salem merged with adjacent Winston in 1913, becoming known as Winston-Salem. A local architectural review district was created in 1948 (the first in North Carolina and probably the fifth in the country) to protect the historic remains of what had become a depressed area from encroaching development. [7]
Reynolda Historic District is a 178 acres (72 ha) national historic district located on Reynolda Road in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It includes work by Charles Barton Keen and by landscape architect Thomas Warren Sears. The listing includes twenty-two contributing buildings and one other contributing structure.