Then & Now: Site of #256 Fire
August 27, 1998 was one of those red-letter days in Winston-Salem’s history. It was the day R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Factory #256, located on N. Chestnut Street, caught fire and burned. The fire...
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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....
August 27,1998: Fire at RJR #256
On this day in 1998, dark smoke could be seen rising from the downtown area over the city. Curious about the cause of the smoke, downtown workers soon found out that the origin of...