Winston-Salem has a large amount of interesting architecture. It's where the state's industry and wealth was years ago. While Winston Tower was a victory, among the sad losses was this huge Reynolda Park Neighborhood house, designed in 1939.
Winston-Salem Library
It would be interesting to see what the 1920s would be like if the Tribune selected this design in 1922.
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All architectural styles have good and bad examples. Like I say, fight to preserve the best examples.
After WWII, many people had such bad memories of The Great Depression, they didn't want anything from that period, including the Art Deco we all love. I've heard many times, from interviews of people from that time, it wasn't the war. It was the Depression. I wasn't around then, so I can only pass along what I've heard from others or read about.