{"nrhp_refnum":"80002833","name":"Reynolda Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Reynolda Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.12684840350005,"lon":-80.28008602375994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Agriculture","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 178 acres in northwestern Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, containing Reynolda House, the Reynolda Gardens, the Reynolda Village and Reynolda Presbyterian Church. It was the core of a country estate developed by R. J. Reynolds and Katharine Smith Reynolds beginning in the 1910s.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for its association with the Reynolds family and the bright leaf tobacco industry that financed the estate, for the Colonial Revival house designed by Charles Barton Keen, and for the gardens laid out by Thomas Warren Sears. It is also significant as a planned self-sufficient estate and model farm community that served surrounding rural areas through agriculture, schools and village housing.","narrative":"Reynolda House is a long, low Colonial Revival residence on the northwest edge of Winston-Salem, designed by Philadelphia architect Charles Barton Keen and built between 1914 and 1917 for tobacco executive R. J. Reynolds and his wife Katharine Smith Reynolds. Its white stucco walls, green tile roof and flanking wings give it an informal, cottage-like profile, while the interior holds a two-story living room and marble mantels in each public room. It is regarded as a significant example of the period's residential design. The surrounding district includes gardens laid out by landscape architect Thomas Warren Sears, a village of workers' housing, schools and farm buildings, and a church established in 1915. Together these reflect the Reynolds family's effort to build a model farm estate that served the rural Piedmont. The district also reflects the wealth generated by the bright leaf tobacco industry that underwrote the estate. Its later use as a public museum and educational center extends that civic purpose.","period_of_significance":"1900-1930","architect_builder":"Charles Barton Keen (architect); Thomas Warren Sears (landscape architect)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"The house was opened to the public in 1965 and is operated by Reynolda House, Inc.; the greenhouses are in active use by the Gardens' staff and public.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.76231-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/7201/47720158/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002833.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002833/a9ce09d44d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002833/a9ce09d44d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Zsrarticle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reynolda_house_front_2021.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zsrarticle</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reynolda_house_front_2021.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720158","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolda_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7319613"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/reynolda-historic-district-80002833/"}