Winston-Salem Tobacco Historic District is a national historic district located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 16 contributing buildings and 16 contributing structures in a predominantly industrial section of Winston-Salem. The buildings date from about 1890 to 1959, and include buildings relating to the tobacco industry, specifically R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Also on the district are a once-thriving African American and the wholesale commercial business district that once catered to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company workers. Located in the district is the separately listed Romanesque Revival style S. J. Nissen Building and Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Company.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Winston-Salem Tobacco Historic District

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Tobacco buildings in the United States

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina

Romanesque Revival architecture in North Carolina

Second Empire architecture in North Carolina

Buildings and structures in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

National Register of Historic Places in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem Tobacco Historic District