Merry Acres
Contributors:
Northup and O'Brien, architects
Variant Name(s):
R. J. Reynolds, Jr., House
Dates:
1939
Location:
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County
Street Address:
Merry Acres Lane, Winston-Salem, NC
Status:
No longer standing
Type:
Residential
Images Published In:
Catherine W. Bishir, North Carolina Architecture (1990).
Gwynne Stephens Taylor, From Frontier to Factory: An Architectural History of Forsyth County (1981).
Note:
Built for R. J. Reynolds, Jr., Merry Acres was probably the finest streamlined modernist residence in the state. It was razed in 1978. Extensive drawings survive at Special Collections Research Center, NCSU Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
