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Opposite: A view of downtown Winston-Salem

Once the site of textile manufacturing and tobacco
production, downtown historic buildings now house
modern residences, restaurants, and galleries.

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n Winston-Salem, today's flourishing
arts scene and bustling downtown have
colonial roots and a manufacturing
history. The Salem area was first settled in
1753 by the Moravians, a religious group
from Eastern Europe. A century later, the
city of Winston became an industrial hub
for textiles and tobacco. In 1913, the two
united, and Winston-Salem was born.
Today, more than 100 restaurants,
20 galleries and museums, and dozens of
live music and performing arts venues in

1920s - 1950s

downtown alone offer dynamic big-city
culture with small-town charm. North
Carolina's fifth-largest city is known as
a "City of Arts and Innovation," and it
lives up to its moniker with a business
culture that celebrates entrepreneurship,
a thriving medical community, and
nationally acclaimed schools.
Come, be immersed in a place of
diversity and activity, of commerce and
achievement, and of local flavors and sips.
You'll want to return again and again.

1960s - 1990s

2000s - NOW

1929 The art deco

1963 UNC's School
of the Arts opens.
It is the first statesupported school of
its kind in the nation.

2017 The downtown
Benton Convention
Center completes an
extensive multimilliondollar reinvention.

1937 Krispy Kreme
is founded in
Winston-Salem.

1989 Winston-Salem

2018 Redeveloped

1994 Innovation
Quarter opens in the
former R.J. Reynolds
tobacco warehouse
district.

2019 New downtown
hotels open (Hotel
Indigo, Hampton
Inn & Suites).

R.J. ReynoldsTobacco
Co. HQ is completed.
It later inspires NYC's
Empire State Building.

1954 Wake Forest

University moves from
Wake Forest, N.C., to
Winston-Salem.

hosts the first biennial
National Black
Theatre Festival.

Bailey Power Plant
opens as a destination
for work and play.

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