The grand opening for the new Downtown Garage Service Station was featured in a large advertisement in the Winston-Salem Journal. Photographs of the 49 service station and garage employees encircled the announcement of the...
An architect’s drawing of the proposed Twin Castles Apartments appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal on this day in 1938. The apartments were billed as the Southeast’s largest apartment project. The proposal was to...
On this date in 1915, an announcement appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal that Winston High School has just received and put into use two new Singer sewing machines. The machines will be used in...
On this date in 1960, Mayor Marshall Kurfees raised the All-America City flag in front of City Hall to commemorate the event at which Winston-Salem was recognized as an All-America City for 1959. The...
O’Hanlon Drug Store was located on the corner of West Fourth and Liberty Streets (shown at the left in the photo). The building was three stories with a basement, housing the drugstore on the...
An article in the Twin City Sentinel announced at a planning meeting of the new hotel committee, that the name selected for the hotel was “The Huntley,” in honor of B. F. Huntley, chairman...
The Rotary Club of Winston-Salem received its charter on this day in 1916. The Rotary Club was the city’s first civic luncheon club. A special dinner meeting was held on February 5th at Forsyth Country...
On this date: January 31, 1968. Retiring Fire Chief Lester Cardoss Williams was honored at a reception. Chief Williams retired after 42 years and nine months of service with the Winston-Salem Fire Department. Williams was...
On this date: January 30, 1910. The first services were held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at Fourth and Cherry Streets. The previous church was located at Fourth and Marshall Streets, but was too small...
On this date: January 29, 1955. Mary Pickford and husband Buddy Rogers visited Old Salem. They toured the John Vogler House and expressed great interest in the restoration effort at Old Salem. They are...
