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Graylyn Estate
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Bowman Gray, R.J. Reynolds chairman, and Nathalie Lyons Gray built this Norman Revival manor on former Reynolda pasture and moved in in 1932. It was the second-largest private house in North Carolina after Biltmore. A 1980 fire took the third floor; Wake Forest restored it as an 85-room hotel on 55 acres. Architect Luther Lashmit. A 15th-century French doorway still greets guests.
- 85 rooms
- Opened 1984
- Neighborhood: Reynolda
- Architect: Luther Snow Lashmit
About Graylyn Estate
- The Grays bought 87 acres from R.J. Reynolds in 1925; groundbreaking for the manor was 15 January 1928.
- Wake Forest restored the house after the 22 June 1980 fire and reopened it as a hotel and conference center in 1984.
- Today's lodging is 85 rooms on 55 acres; the original manor had about 60 rooms and 46,000 square feet.
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