The Journal Sentinel ~ 418 Marshall Street

The Colonial Rival Style building was designed by Harold Mccklin. Born on April 11, 1885 in the English village of Portland, Dorset, Mr. Mccklin moved to Winston and started his business in 1920's.

The front doors of the Journal still work on the original hardward made by the blacksmiths in Salem. The Palladium window and the dormers in front are all original.

The Sentinel began on May 4, 1885, serving both Winston and Salem. Funded by John Christian Blum on January 6, 1829, served the small community of Salem and was later taken over by the weekly Western Sentinel, the first newspaper in Winston on May 16, 1856.

The Winston-Salem Journal  and the Sentinel competed against one another for readership.

In 1902, The Winston Salem Journal gave up competing with the Daily as an afternoon newspaper and produced only the morning newspaper market.

In 1916, the name of the Twin-City Daily was changed to the Daily Sentinel. The paper became the largest daily newspaper in North Carolina. In 1926, Frank A. Gannett, who founded the Gannett newspaper group, bought the paper. Later, the Sentinel and the Journal were bought by Media General in 1969. The Sentinel closed after 100 Years of publishing March 25, 1985 just 36 days short of marking it's 100th Birthday.

The basement was built as a bomb shelter with connecting tunnels to othe downtown building. unfortunetly, man of the tunnels have now been sealed off.

* Did you know? Mr. Macklin built the building as a relica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. 

*This concludes your "Talk".

If you are following our walk, proceed down Marshall street to the Sawtooth Center. The park on you right is a perfect place to take a break and listen to the water fountain.