Winston Tower

{{short description|Historic building in North Carolina, USA}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Wachovia Building

| nrhp_type =

| image = Buildings in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina.jpg

| caption = Winston Tower, February 2020

| location = 301 N. Main St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|36|5|53|N|80|14|37|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = {{Start date|1963}}

| architect = Cameron Assoc.; Cameron, Albert B., et al.

| builder = C. P. Street Construction Company

| architecture = International Style

| added = April 19, 2001

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 01000376{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Winston Tower (formerly Wachovia Building) is a 410 ft (125 m) tall skyscraper in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, completed in 1966 with 29 floors. It was the tallest building in North Carolina, succeeding the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, until it was passed by Charlotte's Jefferson First Union Tower in 1971.{{Cite web | author=Laura A. W. Phillips | title=Wachovia Building | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =September 2000| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/FY2615.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-11-01}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

After a 2003 renovation in which all 6,033 windows were replaced with tinted glass to save energy, the building received its current name.{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=winstontower-winstonsalem-nc-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222173232/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=winstontower-winstonsalem-nc-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 22, 2007|title=Winston Tower|accessdate=2008-07-10|publisher=Emporis}}{{cite web|url=http://nodachurch.com/wp-content/uploads/JMPC%20Timeline.pdf|title=Johnston Memorial Presbyterian Church Timeline|accessdate=2009-12-03}} It has 436,000 square feet (40,500 square meters) of office space.{{cite news|url=http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/nov/23/home-of-rjr-on-the-market/news/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091125102727/http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/nov/23/home-of-rjr-on-the-market/news/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-11-25 |title=Home of RJR on the market |work=Winston-Salem Journal |last=Craver |first=Richard |date=2009-11-23 |accessdate=2009-11-23 }} As of 2009, Winston Tower is the second tallest office building in the city, behind 100 North Main Street; both have previously served as the corporate headquarters for Wachovia Bank.

On December 10, 2021, Truliant Federal Credit Union confirmed it had acquired naming rights to the tower. The name "Truliant" was scheduled to appear on the east and west sides at the top of the building in April 2022, to mark the credit union's 70th anniversary. The company plans "a small presence in the building."{{cite news|url=https://journalnow.com/truliant-buys-naming-rights-to-winston-towers-building-in-downtown-winston-salem/article_86d04426-5a2d-11ec-9d77-0f5319605fdc.html|title=Truliant buys naming rights to Winston Towers [sic] building in downtown Winston-Salem|last=Craver|first=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2021-12-11}}

File:Top of the Winston Tower, Winston-Salem, 2025-03-01.jpg

An August 17, 2022 Forsyth County Register of Deeds filing shows that Charlotte-based Winston Tower LLC purchased the building for $14 million. The company's manager Jason Tuttle said 100,000 square feet of space was available and it would be marketed to companies formed in business incubators. Tuttle also said Truliant still planned to put its signs on the building.{{cite news|url=https://journalnow.com/business/local/winston-tower-sold-for-14-million-to-charlotte-group/article_ee3cbb44-1e59-11ed-8300-1fe351d9ccf1.html|title=Winston Tower sold for $14 million to Charlotte group|last=Craver|first=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2022-08-17}} The company has begun filling that space with tenants, offering a handful of different floor plans.{{cite web|url=https://www.winstontowersuites.com/|title=Tower Suites|accessdate=2025-04-03}} The letters were delayed and are now scheduled to be put in place in July 2023.{{cite news|url=https://journalnow.com/news/local/truliant-winston-tower/article_90c2f904-f51a-11ed-a6a0-bb8dd01e4908.html|title=Sign of the times: With new marquee above city, Truliant ascends to rare air|last=Craver|first=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=2023-04-21}}