Great houses and their stories : Winston-Salem's "era of success," 1912-1940 /

Great houses and their stories : Winston-Salem's "era of success," 1912-1940 /

In the early twentieth century, Winston-Salem was hailed as the "town of a hundred millionaires." Booming tobacco and textile manufacturing industries converged to make Winston-Salem the largest and richest city in all of North Carolina, and major architects flocked to the area to design f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Margaret Supplee (Author)
Other Authors: Smith, Jackson (Photographer) (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Raleigh, North Carolina : Preservation North Carolina, [2022].
Subjects:
Architecture, Domestic > North Carolina > Winston-Salem > History > 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic > North Carolina > Winston-Salem > Pictorial works.
Winston-Salem (N.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Winston-Salem (N.C.) > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The great estates
  • Suburban estate enclaves : Reynolds family and tobacco
  • Suburban estate enclaves : Hanes and Chatham families and textiles
  • Suburban estates
  • Great suburban avenues I
  • Great suburban avenues II
  • Great houses do not run themselves : the people who kept it all going.