Nissen Building
Nissen Building | |
| Location | 310 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°5′31″N 80°15′14″W / 36.09194°N 80.25389°W |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | Stoddart, William L. |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001880 (original) 04000907 (increase) |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 17, 1983 |
| Boundary increase | August 25, 2004 |
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 largest building in the city, succeeding the Hotel Robert E. Lee, and the tallest building in North Carolina from 1927 to 1929, when it was succeeded by the Reynolds Building; all three buildings were in Winston-Salem. The Nissen Building 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.