About Reynolda Village
Reynolda Village is part of the original 1,067-acre Reynolda country estate developed from 1912 to 1917 by Richard Joshua Reynolds and his wife, Katharine Smith Reynolds.
These historic buildings have been repurposed as the charming boutiques, restaurants, and experiences of Reynolda Village. The restored buildings are now home to shops, restaurants, services, offices, and even an elegant wedding and event venue, The Barn at Reynolda Village, in what was once the Dairy Barn on the Reynolda estate.
Reynolda Village is adjacent to Wake Forest University, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Reynolda Gardens, and Graylyn International Conference Center.
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Reynolda Village History
The Reynolda estate was developed from 1912 to 1917 by Richard Joshua Reynolds and his wife, Katharine Smith Reynolds.
Katharine Smith Reynolds played a dominant role in planning a self-sufficient estate just outside the city limits of Winston, for which she began acquiring land soon after her marriage. Working with architect Charles Barton Keen and landscape architect Thomas Sears, both nationally known, Katharine created a 60-room bungalow for her family, formal and informal gardens, a lake and other facilities for healthy recreation, a school, a model farm for demonstrating the most current farming and dairying practices, and a village to house workers.
Modeled after an English village, the Reynolda Village buildings, many designed by Charles Barton Keen, included a dairy barn, cattle shed, smokehouse, corn crib, blacksmith shop, school, and post office, plus cottages to house the family’s chauffeur and stenographer, the village’s schoolmaster, and the farm’s head dairyman and horticulturist.
The restoration of Reynolda Village is an outstanding example of adaptive reuse, and as such, won the Award for Excellence from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The Reynolda Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.