200 West Second Street Winston-Salem NC United States
Status:
built
Construction Dates
Began
1985
Finished
1987
Floor Count
24
Building Uses
- office
- conference
- garden
- parking garage
- restaurant
Structural Types
- highrise
Heights
Value
Source / Comments
Roof
293 ft
Hammill-Walter 9-1985
South - Podium & Building Above Park
North
277 ft
Hammill-Walter 9-1985
Above Second Street Podium Entrance
Above parking podium
268 ft
Hammill-Walter 9-1985
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Description Architects: • Sherman Carter Barnhart • Hammill-Walter Associates • Zion & Breen Associates
Developer: Webb Ventures 100
General Contractor: McDevitt & Street Co.
Engineering: Sutton-Kennerly & Associates
Original Tenant: Piedmont Airlines
Cost: $26 million
The centerpiece of the Super Block proposal of 1977; the lots were cleared in 1983. City leaders envisioned skyscrapers filling the entire southern end of downtown. The entire four block Super Block was fully developed in 2001.
The tall Richardson Romanesque B&W Buildings were demolished in 1983 for this skyscraper.
Originally built as the headquarters for Piedmont Airlines; USAir (US Airways) felt threatened by the expanding Piedmont Airlines and took-over the airline in a hostile takeover around the time the building opened. It later became the headquarters for Southern National Bank and today is the headquarters for BB&T.
When the building opened, it had a club on the top floor, known as the Piedmont Club. The club had a restaurant and meeting space. From the club, you could see as far as 75-100 miles / 121-161 kilometers depending on weather conditions.
The skyscraper was built over a large parking deck. A watergarden with waterfall by Zion & Breen Associates hides the exposed side of the parking deck on the southern side. The building's design is based on flight and aircraft.
The park, known as Corpening Plaza (named for a former mayor leading the Super Block effort), was a gift to the city from Piedmont Airlines. It is the only water garden in the southeast United States and features waterfalls and multiple fountains. At the center is a tall waterfall leading outward from the skyscraper's indoor gardens. The waterfall is visible from the Interstate. Every year the park hosts concerts, festivals, weddings and the city's Christmas Tree.
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