Reynolda Village is a shopping and business complex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, created from the servant and agricultural buildings of Reynolda, the former R. J. Reynolds estate. The village, which covers around , was planned as a working model farm, designed by Charles Barton Keen and Willard C. Northup in the early 20th century. It is now part of Reynolda Historic District, with twenty-two of its buildings, and one other contributing structure, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each building is constructed of matte green Ludowici-Celadon tile, cedar shingles painted green or asbestos shingles. The white exterior walls are mostly stucco on metal lathe, with a few having horizontal clapboard siding. The more substantial structures were built from fieldstone collected from the estate. The cattle shed, corn crib and chicken house were reconstructed in 1978 and 1979.
At present, the village is owned and operated by nearby Wake Forest University (to which it was deeded in 1965), as is the adjacent Reynolda Gardens. Reynolda Church stands directly across Reynolda Road, on Brookfield Drive, from the village's main entrance. (The village can also be accessed, via a one-way road, from the entrance to Reynolda House, further south on Reynolda Road.)
Constituent buildings
Buildings which once served as dairy barns, cattle sheds and servants' stores and cottages have now been converted into shops, restaurants and office spaces. A selection of these thirty or so buildings include:
NumberBuildingOccupant as of May 202499Treasurer's Cottage Norman Stockton100Reynolda Gardens of Wake Forest UniversityGarden Boutique101—Aeracura Salon102Servant's CottageCorporate Office104Post OfficeAll Through the House106Dairy BarnsThe Barn at Reynolda107—Gazebo111Cattle ShedWm. McCalls children's clothing store Ringmaster Jewelers
Sfeer + Co.113—May Way Dumplings114Main BarnDough-Joe's Doughnuts and Coffee
Theodore's Bar and Market
Village Hair Designs
Painters' Palette
Village Fabric Shop
Pure Barre
Half Past Three116Chauffeur's CottageEuropean Touch Day Spa117SmokehouseJ.McLaughlin Naturopathic Health Clinic118Stenographer's CottageVacant119Plumber's Cottage (moved from the grounds of Reynolda Church in 1979)Uncorked Masterpiece
Village Realty120Central power and heating plantA Proper View The Bookhouse122Blacksmith'sStart Gallery Penny Path Cafe & Crepe Shop128—Vacant217Horticulturist's CottageMonkee's221Head Dairyman's CottageVillage Tavern—Five Row School—Carriage House—Schoolmaster's Cottage—Poultryman's Cottage
Each cottage had its own laundry yard and garden, enclosed by latticework and gates. Four of the resident cottages were still used as such in the 1980 assessment of the village for its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
The former farmhouse was used as a men's boarding house until the outbreak of World War II.
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