Open for tours as part of the Westerwood Tour of Historic Homes, the Lillian and Alec Fetter Residence at 1005 Courtland Street features Mediterranean design influences, including a complex hipped…
DetailsThe Ida May and Charles McNairy Residence at 1006 Fairmont Street will be open as Tour House #1 on the weekend of May 17-18 as part of Preservation Greensboro’s Tour…
DetailsThe original plaster applied to the exterior walls of Blandwood was lime plaster (probably coated with limewash). Lime is an ancient building material and is most often produced by heating certain types of limestone in a kiln (although sea shells and coral can also be used to make lime).
DetailsEconomic Impacts of RehabilitationTax Credit Investment 2001 through 2012 in North Carolina Total Number of Projects: 484 Total Development Expenditures: $1,098,143,898 Construction Jobs: 8,291 Permanent Jobs: 10,258 Total Number of…
DetailsMembers and friends of Preservation Greensboro met on February 18th to celebrate achievements of the past year at their 48th Annual Meeting held at the Greensboro Country Club. The organization…
DetailsA 1923 Craftsman bungalow in the Southside neighborhood will undergo a complete restoration by a well-known restoration team. The Coltrane-Gray House stands at 316 Murray Street in the midst of…
DetailsGreensboro City Council approved the Local Landmark designation of a residence in the historic College Hill neighborhood that has associations with major themes of the city’s history including industrialization, social…
DetailsAs a result of a grant made by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington DC, Preservation Greensboro has obtained a specialist in historic preservation that will carefully review…
DetailsLate in the evening of January 21st, a fire mysteriously ignited near the back porch of the Mary and Carter Dalton House, a 99-year-old house in the heart of the…
DetailsThe 1850s were exciting times in Guilford County as surveyors worked to chart the future path of the Great Fayetteville and Western Plank Road and politicians such as resident and…
DetailsGuilford County has a wealth of treasured places, yet from time to time, some of these places are threatened with destruction. Redevelopment, facility expansion, inappropriate new development, and even neglect…
DetailsMid-Century modern design continues to make a solid comeback in Greensboro with the recently announced restoration of the Diane and Will Howard House on Henderson Road in Hamilton Lakes. The…
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