Then and Now: Restaurants on N.Chestnut Street
There was a time when people who worked around North Chestnut Street could choose a different lunch cafe for every day of the workweek. And if they worked at one of the R. J....
Category: Then & Now
Then and Now: West Fourth and Cherry Street
It’s hard to imagine houses and fences in the downtown area of Winston-Salem. There were many homes located on downtown streets that in recent years have only seen business tenants. Wyatt Bowman (1820-1882) built...
Blast From the Past: Old Richmond School
Photos of Old Richmond School, taken in the 1950s, were recently added to the photo files of the Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection. They were taken by newspaper photographer, Bill Ray, and are...
Then and Now: The Cricket’s Nest
The one-room, 53 year-old wooden building was originally the Jones Cash Store on Peace Haven Road. Renamed “The Country Store,” repurposed as an antique and craft shop, and relocated to Country Club...
December 26,1974: Sears Nativity Figures Removed
The white, fiberglass nativity figures stood atop the marquee at Sears, Roebuck and Company store on West Fourth Street for many years. They were installed in the 1950s, after the Sears store...
December 19,1955: City National Bank at Thruway
City National Bank began its existence as a bank in 1917 as the Winston-Salem Morris Plan Company. The name changed to City National Bank in 1940, when it became a nationally chartered commercial bank....
December 17,1947: West End School Demolished
City leaders tried for years to fund a public school. Their efforts finally produced the West End Graded School, which was dedicated in 1884. The school was called the “Crowning Glory of Winston.” The...
November 23,2012: New Office Building Announced
A new multi-story office building was announced on this day in 2012. It was planned for the northeast corner of Broad and Fourth Streets. The announcement said that the new building would be 51,803-square-feet...
November 19,1928: New Life for an Old Clock
An old clock was installed in the new belfry of Calvary Moravian Church, and it was dedicated on this day in 1928. The old clock was no stranger to the thousands of downtowners...
October 19,1971: Bermuda Run Officially Opens
Most of the 218 club members gathered this evening in 1971, for the first official buffet dinner and the election of officers at the new Bermuda Run Country Club. Bermuda Run was constructed on...