In Greensboro, Architectural Trends Slow To Reveal
An academic building, a public park, and a jail are among the largest projects that will be added to the Gate City’s built environment in 2010. In the long term,…
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Courting College Hill; When No Means Yes
A recent project proposed by Edwards Development of Ohio for the Newman and Whitney site (image, right) adjecent to the College Hill Historic District envisions over 700 students housed in a complex…
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Similar Scenario, Different Results In High Point and Greensboro Preservation Stories
The dates and the locations are different, but the scenarios are strikingly similar. In both cases, large wood-frame homes constructed in the earliest years of the twentieth century occupy prominent…
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For Sale: 1948 Classic, Few Dents, Zero Mileage
For those who know the name, Lustron says it all. And in Greensboro, it’s for sale. One of Greensboro’s three Lustron Homes is going on the market. Located at 2103…
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Rezoning Denied, But Fate of Commencement House in Question
City Council reversed the Zoning Commission’s approval to rezone property near the corner of North Elm and Cornwallis Drive to allow for condos, but questions linger over the future of…
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Creativity Defines the Future in Fisher Park
Growing historic congregations with diverse community programs and healthy historic districts that foster property investment are high on every preservation organization’s wish list. However, growing historic congregations within the context…
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Big History. Modest Price.
North Carolina history has just become more affordable. The Model Farm, an important Reconstruction-era historic site located at 2045 Brentwood Street in High Point, has been placed on the market…
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High Point Skyscraper Recognized For History
It was the grandest office building erected in High Point in its first 120 years of existence. It was designed by one of the Triad’s most prominent architects. It was…
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Preservation Tool Could Be Expanded
Our friends at the National Trust for Historic Preservation report progress on passage of a bill that would make beneficial changes to the federal rehabilitation tax credit and provide a greater…
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Third Historic House Readies for Move In Downtown Greensboro
The historic house shuffle continues in downtown Greensboro; in order to make way for the massive new Guilford County jail complex. A two-story, 90-year-old duplex located at 208 Blandwood Avenue…
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Large Project Concerns Historic District
One of Greensboro’s oldest industrial sites within the city’s oldest neighborhood is eyed for destruction and replacement with student housing. The Newman and Whitney Machine Company is located at 507…
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Revolutionary House Slated For Demolition
Recently, preservationists and neighbors close to the historic Commencement House at 2207 North Elm Street learned that a rezoning request had been filed for four properties along Elm Street and…
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