Nine stories rise at 8 West Third Street, the Winston-Salem skyscraper also known as the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Building. Built in 1911 as the headquarters of Wachovia Bank and Trust, it acquired its ninth floor in 1917. This was the city's first steel-frame skyscraper, raised in the Renaissance Revival style, and it held the title of Winston-Salem's tallest building from 1911 until the O'Hanlon Building rose in 1915, and then again from 1917 until Hotel Robert E. Lee was completed in 1921.
Step closer and imagine the work of architect Frank Pierce Milburn of Milburn, Heister & Company shaping its façade. For decades it served as the bank's headquarters until a new headquarters was completed in 1966. The building's historic importance was recognized when it was named to the National Register of Historic Places on May 31, 1984, under the name "Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Building.
Very recently, on December 7, 2021, Wachovia House Inc., an affiliate of JDL Castle Corp., sold it for $3 million to PMC Property Group, with plans so far only to call it 8 W 3. Picture the Renaissance Revival façade rising to the ninth floor that arrived in 1917.