The past year has been wonderful for historic preservation in Greensboro. Great projects have been completed in neighborhoods all across our city, continuing our statewide reputation as a city with…
DetailsOne of Greensboro’s classic residences of the “Country House” movement has been sold, and plans are underway for a thorough refurbishment and restoration. The Sarah and Alexander Worth McAlister House…
DetailsGreensboro is a city endowed with numerous treasured places, yet from time to time, some of these places are threatened with destruction. Redevelopment, facility expansion, inappropriate new development, and even…
DetailsThe Cedars was clearly an important estate in Greensboro. References to the property could be found on nineteenth century maps of the Gate City, as well as excerpts from select…
DetailsWealth generated by the insurance industry, textile manufacturing and tobacco processing made Greensboro a focus of progressive architecture during the first half of the twentieth century. The growing business community…
DetailsSited on a bluff overlooking the waters of Lake Brandt is a classic Colonial Revival house with a broad white portico reminiscent of Mt Vernon. The similarity to the home…
DetailsFrom home, to boarding house, and back to a home – the Crutchfield House at 108 Cypress Street has served a number of families over its nearly 100 years of…
DetailsThe city-dwellers that lived the Cannon Court enjoyed urban amenities within the heart of prestigious Fisher Park. Located at 828 North Elm Street, Cannon Court is representative of pre-war housing…
DetailsThis vernacular farmhouse-style Beasley House at 706 Fifth Avenue is among the first constructed in the Aycock neighborhood, and has been restored through the efforts of several owners over the past 25…
DetailsThis grand home overlooking Fisher Park was once apartments, but a careful restoration project 10 years ago converted it back for use as a single family home, just as it…
DetailsConstructed around 1922 for sisters Minnie and Lillie Wilson, the double house at 675 Percy Street features mirror-image residential units that share a common party wall, and today provides an historic home with…
DetailsAt first blush, the Mid-Century Modern-style Pickett house stands in contrast to the Colonial and Neoclassical-style homes in the neighborhood, but look beyond the simple lines and low-pitched roof to…
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