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Patterson Avenue, formerly Depot Street, was once known as W-S’s Black Wall Street ( From The Archives )

Summary by WS Chronicle
CLARK S. BROWN & SONS FUNERAL HOME LAST REMAINING BUSINESS OF BLACK WALL STREET ERA  Long before there was a Bailey Park or Innovation Quarter, the area of downtown Winston-Salem surrounding the old R.J. Reynolds Tobacco manufacturing facilities and Bailey Power Plant was known as Depot Street, a hub for Black business and entrepreneurship.   In the late-19th century tobacco was king in the towns of Winston and Salem and Blacks from across the s…
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WS Chronicle broke the news in on Friday, February 20, 2026.
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