eynolds Building is a 314 ft (96m)
skyscraper that has 21 floors. When completed as the headquarters of R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, it was the tallest building in the United States
south of Baltimore, Maryland, and it was named the best building of the year by
the American Institute of Architects. The building is well known for being the
predecessor and prototype for the much larger Empire State Building that was
built in 1931 in New York City. Every year the staff of the Empire State
Building sends a Father's Day card to the staff at the Reynolds Building in
Winston-Salem to pay homage to its role as predecessor to the Empire State
Building
