Winston Tower
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The Winston Tower is a 410ft(125m) skyscraper in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Completed in 1966, it has 29 floors. The Wachovia Building surpassed the Reynolds Building as the tallest building in the city and the state. It was surpassed statewide by Two Wachovia Center in Charlotte in 1971. It became the second tallest in the city in 1995 with construction of the Wachovia Center. Once a symbol of Winton-Salem's progress, it was vacated after construction of the Wachovia Center in the mid-1990's. A variety of issues, including small floorplates, asbestos, and a weak market, made its future uncertain for several years. It reopened as Winston Tower in 2003 after extensive renovations including replacement of all 6,033 windows with energy-saving tinted glass. Winston Tower has been designated a Forsyth County Historic Property (number 116) by the Historic Properties Commission, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 as the Wachovia Building. It has been called the foremost example of International Style architecture in North Carolina.
