Reynolda Historic District is a national

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located on Reynolda Road in

Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the List of municipalities in North Carolina, fifth-most populous ...

. It includes work by Charles Barton Keen and by landscape architect Thomas Warren Sears. The listing includes twenty-two

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and one other contributing structure. It includes Reynolda House, Reynolda Gardens, Reynolda Village, and Reynolda Presbyterian Church. The district was once part of a larger, self-sufficient

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conceived and developed by

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, founder of the

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) is an American tobacco manufacturing company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded by namesake R. J. Reynolds in 1875, it is the largest tobacco company in the United States. The company is a w ...

. The district is adjacent to the Wake Forest University campus. The namesake road goes through the Reynolda Historic District, with Silas Creek Parkway bypassing it. It was listed on the

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in 1980.

Gallery

File:Main and Cow Barns.jpg, Main Barn and Cow Barn, 2019 File:Cow Barn 2.jpg, Cow Barn, 2019

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Geography of Winston-Salem, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Winston-Salem, North Carolina {{ForsythCountyNC-NRHP-stub