Front Entryway, R.J. Reynolds Auditorium

R. J. Reynolds Building (Winston-Salem, N.C.)

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Item information

Title:: Front Entryway, R.J. Reynolds Auditorium
Topics:: Architecture
Subjects:: Arches
Auditoriums
Columns
Entablatures
Entrance halls
Pediments
Porticoes
Sculpture
Original Format:: Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:: ncar_N_82_6_4743
Photographer:: Taylor, Gwynne more info on Taylor, Gwynne
Created Date:: 1979-12
Genre:: Architectural photographs
Location:: Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Digital Project:: Beaux Arts to Modernism

Repository:: State Archives of North Carolina
Collection:: Division of Archives and History Photograph Collection (State Archives of North Carolina Collection 4.1) held by State Archives of North Carolina
Note field:: Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
Rights:: Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the North Carolina State Archives.
Funding:: Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Provenance note:: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, first owner
Historical note:: The building was the tallest skyscraper in the state until 1966. The building's design allowed Shreve and Lamb to win the American Institute of Architects Building of the Year in 1929, which led the architects to gain the commission to design the Empire State Building.
Location:: Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Subjects:: Commercial buildings
Historic buildings
Multistory buildings
North Carolina -- History