Daily Archives: May 29, 2009

High Point’s Residential Architecture

Architecture, High Point Preservation News, Modern ArchitectureBy Benjamin Briggs May 29, 2009

High Point has quite a few notable textbook examples of residential architecture. The Wilson House at 425 Hillcrest Drive is a rendition of the landmark home known as Tudor Place in the Georgetown section of Washington DC. The Zollicoffer House at 1207 Johnson Street (image, right) studiously follows the design philosophy of Frank Lloyd Wright.…

An Old Place, A New Look

Architecture, Art in Architecture, Greensboro HistoryBy Benjamin Briggs May 29, 2009 1 Comment

The North State Milling Company at 816 South Elm Street is an excellent example of an early twentieth-century industrial site. The company was founded in 1912 and manufactured plain and self-rising corn meal and flour, hen scratch, bran, and feed for livestock. Grain was brought to the site by truck and by rail where it…