Reynolda: 1906-1924

by Barbara Babcock Millhouse

Overview

Reynolda�with its family home and gardens, experimental farm, village, and woodland�is an excellent example of the Country Place era. This popular destination in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was created between 1906 and 1924 through the collaboration of three talented people: visionary Katharine Reynolds, architect Charles Barton Keen, and landscape architect Thomas W. Sears. With the financial backing of her husband, founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Katharine Reynolds transformed a patchwork of worn-out farmland into a landscape of great natural beauty that includes a formal garden, 16-acre lake, recreational facilities, and some of the finest cropland. The sparkling white cluster of village buildings and their occupants are also integral to this story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439641736
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/16/2011
Series:	Images of America Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	47 MB
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About the Author

These period photographs from the archives of Reynolda House Museum of American Art, an affiliate of Wake Forest University, document the still-in-tact core of the former 1,067-acre estate, which is highly regarded for its historical significance. This book will be of special interest to the thousands of people who enjoy Reynolda today. Barbara Babcock Millhouse, founding president of Reynolda House Museum of American Art and a Reynolds family member, is also the author of American Wilderness: The Story of the Hudson River School of Painting.