List of tallest buildings in Winston-Salem

Skyline of Winston-Salem

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

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		230 / 70.1 [11]	14	1973
10	Janeway Clinical Sciences Tower	Upload image	225 / 68.6 [12]	12	1989
11	One West Fourth Street		211 / 64.3 [13]	13	2002

Timeline of tallest buildings

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

• List of tallest buildings in North Carolina
• List of tallest buildings in Charlotte
• List of tallest buildings in Raleigh, North Carolina
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Forsyth County, North Carolina, which includes Nissen Building, 8 West Third Street, and perhaps more tall buildings of Winston-Salem.

References

1. "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. "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. "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. "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.