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Stop 19 of 32 · Winston-Salem audio walking tour

Winston Tower

Winston-Salem · 1966 · 29-floor city landmark

What you'll hear here: about 90 seconds on what happened at Winston Tower and around Winston-Salem — the audio starts on its own when you walk into range.

Winston Tower topped out at 29 floors in 1966. At 410 feet (125 m) and 29 floors, this skyscraper was completed in 1966 and for a time held the title of tallest building in North Carolina, succeeding the Reynolds Building until Charlotte’s Jefferson First Union Tower overtook it in 1971. In 2001 it was recognized on the National Register of Historic Places.

Walk close and consider the 2003 renovation that replaced all 6,033 windows with tinted glass to save energy — a dramatic, practical change after which the building received its current name. Inside, it contains 436,000 square feet (40,500 square meters) of office space. As of 2009 it stood as the second-tallest office building in the city, behind 100 North Main Street; both towers have previously served as corporate headquarters for Wachovia Bank.

More recently, on December 10, 2021, Truliant Federal Credit Union confirmed it had acquired naming rights, with the name "Truliant" scheduled to appear on the east and west sides at the top of the building in April 2022 to mark the credit union’s 70th anniversary, and the company plans "a small presence in the building. Picture the 6,033 tinted windows replaced in 2003, and the upper faces where new signage was planned.

Where it is

Coordinates
36.09806, -80.24361
Area
Winston-Salem
Era
1966 · 29-floor city landmark
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