Nissen Building

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999 Watkins St SW, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USA

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N36° 5' 31" W80° 15' 14"   (36.091944444444, -80.253888888889) Start navigation »

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The Nissen Building is a 283 ft (86 m) 18-story skyscraper in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, built in 1927. It was the tallest building in North Carolina from 1927 to 1929, when it was succeeded by the Reynolds Building, also in Winston-Salem. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places March 17, 1983, with a boundary increase in 2004 to include a one-story addition built in 1969. With the spire on top, its height is 102.1m.
It has a steel frame, with buff brick and pre-cast concrete for the exterior, along with details in granite, marble and limestone.

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