{"nrhp_refnum":"90002139","name":"Reynolds, Richard J., High School and Richard J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium","other_names":["Reynolds High School and Reynolds Auditorium"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"301 Hawthorne Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winston-Salem","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.10146363800007,"lon":-80.26537132604727,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A high school complex and memorial auditorium on a hill northwest of downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with its buildings grouped on two sides of Northwest Boulevard and the railroad tracks. The auditorium and High School Building were designed by Charles Barton Keen of Philadelphia and built 1922-1924.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the High School and Auditorium are among the most significant high school and cultural facilities built in North Carolina in the first half of the 20th century. Their classical design, their continuous role in the city's education and cultural life, and the private gifts from the Reynolds and Hanes families are cited as the basis for significance. The buildings are said to retain their original functions with few significant alterations.","narrative":"Built in 1922-1924 on a hill northwest of downtown Winston-Salem, the Richard J. Reynolds High School complex was designed by Charles Barton Keen of Philadelphia, who drew on Thomas Jefferson's plan for the University of Virginia as a model. The Richard J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium, a brick building faced in Flemish bond with Indiana limestone trim, has a full east portico of six Corinthian columns beneath a modillioned pediment. Katherine Smith Reynolds donated the land and funded the auditorium as a memorial to her husband, R. J. Reynolds, and the Hanes families gave an adjoining tract that became Hanes Park. The complex is regarded as one of the finest secondary school facilities built in North Carolina before World War II. Its classical design, vocational and academic curriculum, and continuous service to the city account for its listing.","period_of_significance":"1923-1940","architect_builder":"Charles Barton Keen (architect)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The High School Building and the Auditorium have served the city continuously since construction, with the most significant alterations occurring in the early 1950s and the auditorium interior renovated in 1963.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.938111-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7202/47720270/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90002139.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002139/85cc025524-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002139/85cc025524-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jeff Skidmore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_J_High_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Skidmore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_J_High_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720270","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Reynolds_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7326761"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/reynolds-richard-j-high-school-and-richard-j-reynolds-memorial-auditorium-90002139/"}