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In light of the recent disbandment of staff for the Guilford County Joint Historic Preservation Commssion, and in light of recent threats to do the same to the staff of…
In light of the recent disbandment of staff for the Guilford County Joint Historic Preservation Commssion, and in light of recent threats to do the same to the staff of…
Historic Barns Threat: Demolition by Neglect Rural Guilford County Since the earliest days of settlement, the family farm has been a vital image in Guilford County. As the main structures…
Bellemeade Neighborhood Threat: Neglect and Demolition Cedar Street, Spring Street, Guilford Avenue Bellemeade, like other historic center-city neighborhoods, contains buildings that represent a broad spectrum of Greensboro’s history, including the…
Holleman House Threat: Demolition 701 N. Greene Street, Fisher Park Historic District One of Fisher Park’s earliest residences, the Holleman House was constructed between 1905 and 1920 at one of…
Pomona Mill and Southern Railway Roundhouse Threat: Abandonment and Demolition Spring Garden at Merritt Drive Little appreciated by some, industrial history of the city holds the key in explaining how…
Wallace Development in College Hill Historic District Threat: Demolition and Over-scaled Redevelopment South Mendenhall, Tate, Spring Garden streets Greensboro’s oldest neighborhood, once considered “safe” by the city’s preservation community, is…
J. C. Price School Threat: Destruction Warnersville Neighborhood When Yardley Warner, a Quaker missionary from Philadelphia, purchased 34 acres of land just outside of Greensboro’s city limits in 1867, he…
South Elm Street/ Old Greensborough Historic District Threat: Demolition and Overscaled Redevelopment Considered by some architectural historians to be the best preserved big-city downtown in North Carolina, South Elm Street…
Since 2004, Preservation Greensboro has compiled a list of properties in which citizens have shown concern or voiced interest. Many Greensboro residents realize that the city continues to lose historic…
As a nonprofit, non governmental organization, Preservation Greensboro has been challenged in its 41 years of existance in making connections and getting word out using limited resources. Technology has helped…
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