Reynolda Village


Reynolda Village is a shopping and business complex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, created from the servant and agricultural buildings of Reynolda, the former R. J. Reynolds estate. The village, which covers around, was planned as a working model farm, designed by Charles Barton Keen and Willard C. Northup in the early 20th century. It is now part of Reynolda Historic District, with twenty-two of its buildings, and one other contributing structure, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each building is constructed of matte green Ludowici-Celadon tile, cedar shingles painted green or asbestos shingles. The white exterior walls are mostly stucco on metal lathe, with a few having horizontal clapboard siding. The more substantial structures were built from fieldstone collected from the estate. The cattle shed, corn crib and chicken house were reconstructed in 1978 and 1979.
At present, the village is owned and operated by nearby Wake Forest University, as is the adjacent Reynolda Gardens. Reynolda Church stands directly across Reynolda Road, on Brookfield Drive, from the village's main entrance.

Constituent buildings

Buildings which once served as dairy barns, cattle sheds and servants' stores and cottages have now been converted into shops, restaurants and office spaces. A selection of these thirty or so buildings include:
NumberBuildingOccupant as of May 2024
99Treasurer's CottageNorman Stockton
100Reynolda Gardens of Wake Forest UniversityGarden Boutique
101Aeracura Salon
102Servant's CottageCorporate Office
104Post OfficeAll Through the House
106Dairy BarnsThe Barn at Reynolda
107Gazebo
111Cattle ShedWm. McCalls children's clothing store
Ringmaster Jewelers
Sfeer + Co.
113May Way Dumplings
114Main BarnDough-Joe's Doughnuts and Coffee
Theodore's Bar and Market
Village Hair Designs
Painters' Palette
Village Fabric Shop
Pure Barre
Half Past Three
116Chauffeur's CottageEuropean Touch Day Spa
117SmokehouseJ.McLaughlin
Naturopathic Health Clinic
118Stenographer's CottageVacant
119Plumber's Cottage Uncorked Masterpiece
Village Realty
120Central power and heating plantA Proper View
The Bookhouse
122Blacksmith'sStart Gallery
Penny Path Cafe & Crepe Shop
128Vacant
217Horticulturist's CottageMonkee's
221Head Dairyman's CottageVillage Tavern
Five Row School
Carriage House
Schoolmaster's Cottage
Poultryman's Cottage

Each cottage had its own laundry yard and garden, enclosed by latticework and gates. Four of the resident cottages were still used as such in the 1980 assessment of the village for its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
The former farmhouse was used as a men's boarding house until the outbreak of World War II.