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.

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Tallest buildings

RankNameImageHeight
ft / m
FloorsYearNotes
1 100 North Main Street 100 North Main Street.JPG 460 / 140 [1] 341995Tallest 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 2009-04-24 Winston Tower.jpg 410 / 125 [4] 301966Tallest building in Winston-Salem from 1966 to 1995. Tallest building in Winston-Salem constructed in the 1960s.
3GMAC Tower GMAC Insurance Building, Winston-Salem, NC (49030997866).jpg 330 / 110.6 [5] 211980
4 Reynolds Building Reynolds Building street view.jpg 314 / 95.7 [6] 221929Tallest building in Winston-Salem from 1929 to 1966.
5 BB&T Financial Center BBT HQ.JPG 273 / 83.2 [7] 211987Office building.
6RJR Plaza Building Reynolds American building, Winston-Salem.jpg 269 / 82 [8] 121929
7 Nissen Building Nissen Building, Winston Salem.jpg 246 / 75 [9] 201927Tallest building in Winston-Salem from 1927 to 1929.
8Marriott Winston Plaza Hotel Winston-Salem Marriott (January 2023) 2.jpg 237 / 72.2 [10] 191984Tallest full-service hotel in Winston Salem
9Liberty Plaza Upload image 230 / 70.1 [11] 141973
10Janeway Clinical Sciences Tower Upload image 225 / 68.6 [12] 121989
11One West Fourth Street Upload image 211 / 64.3 [13] 132002

Timeline of tallest buildings

NameImageHeight
ft (m)
FloorsYears tallest
Nissen Building Nissen Building, Winston Salem.jpg 246 / 75 [9] 201927-1929
Reynolds Building Reynolds Building street view.jpg 314 / 95.7 [6] 221929-1966
Winston Tower 2009-04-24 Winston Tower.jpg 410 / 125 [4] 301966-1995
100 North Main Street 100 North Main Street.JPG 460 / 140 [1] 341995–present

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