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===Downtown=== R. J. Reynolds built the "Little Red Factory" in 1892. It was uncertain whether it was torn down or made a part of Building 256-1, one of several red brick buildings on Chestnut Street built between 1911 and 1925. Much of the Building 256 complex burned in one of the city's worst fires ever on August 27, 1998, when the former factories were being renovated for [[Piedmont Triad Research Park]]. Albert Hall, or Building 256-9, was made of [[concrete]] and did not burn but had smoke damage; it was used for training until 1990 and was being renovated in 1998.<ref name=Kristin/> In 1916, the first of five buildings known as Plant 64 between Fourth and Fifth Streets was built.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/plant-project-gets-ok-from-historic-commission/article_9e386b38-0b9a-11e3-889f-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Plant 64 project gets OK from historic commission|last=Daniel|first=Fran|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2013-08-22|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref> The 400,000-square-foot Plant 64 was the oldest remaining Reynolds plant when it was renovated at a cost of $55 million into 242 apartments, with the first residents moving in on July 1, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/29/realestate/commercial/technology-overtakes-tobacco-in-winston-salem-nc.html|title=Technology Overtakes Tobacco in Winston-Salem, N.C.|last=Schneider|first=Keith|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2015-04-28|access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hub.innovationquarter.com/2014/06/09/plant-64-welcomes-residents/|title=Plant 64 Welcomes Residents|publisher=[[Wake Forest Innovation Quarter]]|date=2014-06-09|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> The last building used for making cigarettes downtown was Building No. 12 across Second Street from the Building 256 complex, which [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]] bought when manufacturing ended there in 1990;<ref name=Kristin>{{cite news|title=No. 256 Complex Had Long History: Many Workers and Many Tobacco Products Passed Through the Old Buildings|last=Scheve|first=Kristin|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=1998-09-28|page=A12}}</ref> finished in 1916,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/223792/forsyth-county-government-center-winston-salem-nc-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606152604/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/223792/forsyth-county-government-center-winston-salem-nc-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 6, 2019|title=Forsyth County Government Center|publisher=Emporis|access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref> it was to be renovated for county offices after an announcement in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|title=County Plans to Redo Factory As New Home; Board Would Use Old No. 12 Tobacco Building As a Headquarters for Its Administrative Units|last=Holmes|first=William L.|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=1999-02-19|page=B1}}</ref> Building 60 was built in 1923 and later renovated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/290715/reynolds-american-building-60-winston-salem-nc-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606142254/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/290715/reynolds-american-building-60-winston-salem-nc-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 6, 2019|title=Reynolds American Building 60|publisher=Emporis|access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref> Three buildings which were part of the "90 series" on Vine Street were later renovated;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.journalnow.com/business/vine-space-under-renovation-near-research-park/article_96502286-207a-11e3-ad1c-001a4bcf6878.html|title=525@Vine space under renovation near research parks|last=Craver|first=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2013-09-18|access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref> the one at 525 Vine was built in 1926,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.journalnow.com/business/vine-officially-opens-in-downtown-research-park/article_739d838a-f32b-11e3-b51c-0017a43b2370.html|title=525@vine officially opens in downtown research park|last=Daniel|first=Fran|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2014-06-13|access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref> while Buildings 90-3 and 90-1A at 635 Vine, used for tobacco processing, were built in the early 1960s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.journalnow.com/business/inmar-to-move-support-center-into-renovated-reynolds-tobacco-buildings/article_4d70a784-358a-5058-9d77-b4bd3ebbff3e.html|title=Inmar to move support center into renovated Reynolds Tobacco buildings|last=Craver|first=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2012-07-31|access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2014/03/31/inmar-trumpets-its-arrival-in-wake-forest.html|title=Inmar trumpets its arrival in Wake Forest Innovation Quarter as 900 workers march into new HQ|last=Covington|first=Owen|work=[[Triad Business Journal]]|date=2014-03-31|access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref> Building 91, a machine shop built in 1937, was later renovated and became part of the research park.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ourstate.com/wake-forest-innovation-quarter/|title=Inside The Revamped R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Factory|last=Kelly|first=Susan Stafford|work=[[Our State]]|date=2015-02-12|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref> Bailey Power Plant, a [[Fossil fuel power station|coal-fired plant]] built in 1947, included Buildings 23-1, 23-2 and the Morris Building, and was used until 1997 and later became part of the research park.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.journalnow.com/business/old-reynolds-sites-are-economic-building-blocks/article_38efdb2e-44ea-5ce5-8556-709b0d3d3cb1.html|title=Old Reynolds sites are economic building blocks|last=Craver|first=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2014-06-20|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/wexford-to-develop-portions-of-bailey-power-plant-at-the/article_2ea6881e-4ca0-5232-96a2-df32de41d961.html|title=Wexford to develop portions of Bailey Power Plant at the Innovation Quarter|last=Daniel|first=Fran|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2016-03-29|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://workdesign.com/2019/01/the-bailey-power-plant-the-heart-of-the-wake-forest-innovation-quarter/|title=The Bailey Power Plant β The Heart of the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter|last=Shapiro|first=Elise|work=Work Design Magazine|date=2019-01-24|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref> The company's headquarters were located in the [[Reynolds Building]] in Winston-Salem for more than 50 years. Built in 1929, the 21-story building was designed by the same [[architect]]s ([[Shreve, Lamb and Harmon|Shreve & Lamb]]) who later designed the [[Empire State Building]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=123868|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731133216/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=123868|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 31, 2012|title=Reynolds Building, Winston-Salem|publisher=[[Emporis]]|access-date=2009-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/06/061405/rj-reynolds-tobacco-move-out-historic-building |archive-url=https://archive.today/20081009011106/http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/06/061405/rj-reynolds-tobacco-move-out-historic-building |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-10-09 |title=R.J. Reynolds Tobacco to move out of historic building |last=Craver |first=Richard |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=2008-10-06 |access-date=2009-12-03}}</ref>
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