Lucy Reynolds Critz was born in Patrick County, Virginia in 1858. She was the daughter of Hardin W. and Nancy Cox Reynolds, and the sister of Richard Joshua Reynolds and William Neal Reynolds. Lucy’s...
Police Chief Thomas announced on this date in 1920 that parents of children, who are caught skating on public streets, will be indicted. Apparently the police department had been besieged by complaints of children...
Hunter the History Hound is standing in front of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Chapel on N. Cherry Street. This was the location of the Carnegie Library that opened on February 14, 1906. This...
Robert “Bob” Penick Whaling was born in Martinsville, Virginia in 1923. He lived in Winston-Salem for most of his life, graduating from R. J. Reynolds High School in 1940. He attended Davidson College, but...
On this date in 1956, Elvis Presley came to Winston-Salem and performed at the Carolina Theatre on West Fourth Street. Elvis performed three shows before a screaming crowd on the Carolina Theatre stage....
This is how the building looked in the early 1900s, when it was new. It is located on North Cherry Street, at Third Street. While the building looks very similar, it is used for...
George Henry Black was born in Randolph County in 1877. He came to Winston-Salem with his family about 1888, and found work making bricks in the town brickyard. His father died soon after they...
An announcement appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal on this date in 1964, advising residents that demolition of two buildings on West Fourth Street was scheduled to begin in two days. The buildings to be...
Hunter the History Hound found this building while walking around in downtown Winston-Salem. The building is particularly significant this month because it was opened to the public 107 years ago on February 14th. People...
Fred Macon Roberts was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1854. He came to Winston-Salem about 1889 with his family. Roberts worked as a clerk in the Forsyth Sporting Goods Company, then he opened Roberts...
