At its 54th Annual Meeting, Preservation Greensboro celebrated highlights of the past year by spotlighting ten activities that epitomize our organization’s coolest projects. 1. Preservation Strategic Planning In 2019, Preservation Greensboro provided strategic support to community partners seeking assistance in preservation. The past year included a partnership with the East White Oak School, a fascinating…
DetailsOnce nearly forgotten, the childhood home of jazz legend John Coltrane is slated for preservation and extended new use as an historic site. John William Coltrane was born in 1926 to Alice Gertrude Blair and her husband John Robert Coltrane in Hamlet, North Carolina. The young family remained in Hamlet only two months before moving…
DetailsOnce abandoned and occupied by squatters, the Margaret and Thornton Brooks House, located at 415 Sunset Drive in Irving Park, has been approved for designation as a Guilford County Landmark by the Greensboro City Council. Currently owned by Ashley and Sam Simpson, the elegant French Eclectic residence is a rare example in North Carolina. It…
DetailsOn October 15th 2019, the Greensboro City Council designated the Groome-Shevel Building at 532-534 South Elm Street a Guilford County Landmark property. Landmark designation means the community recognizes the property is worthy of preservation because of its special significance in local history. Any substantial changes in design, materials, and appearance to the property is subject…
DetailsOn a night in January 2012, a fire roared through the Dalton-Bell-Cameron House, a flagship residence of High Point’s Johnson Street Historic District. The house stands as the earliest documented Craftsman-style house in High Point and serves as the center piece of city’s flagship historic district. Carter Dalton, an up-and-coming attorney and politician and his…
DetailsGreensboro has a century-old love affair with the architecture of old England. Considering our revolutionary spat here in 1781, the affection might appear ironic, but Greensboro has long held an interest in antiquities and craftsmanship, and it is likely from these roots, not nationalism, from which our interest grew. Greensboro’s Tudor-style houses are part of…
DetailsOn September 15, 1875, the Greensboro Patriot newspaper announced “Mr. Eugene Morehead has tendered the city the right of way for several beautiful streets over his lands on the South-Western limits of the city. This is right and soon we may expect to see houses going up in that quarter. The city has had the…
DetailsThe Treasured Places Watch List is an advocacy and education program of Preservation Greensboro that promotes historic places with community partners with the goal of developing preservation strategies. Recognition to the Watch List is not legally binding nor is the program considered to be a shame campaign. Instead, the list is composed of properties that…
Details429 W. Friendly Avenue in Greensboro, NC 27401 Property Information / Highlights • 11,000 SF Available for Lease • Built 1927, available for application for National Register designation and recognized to the National Register Study List in 2017. • Historic Tax Credit candidate • Potential for exposed brick and ceiling concept and expansive architectural windows…
DetailsLong recognized for aesthetic and cultural impact, an important study has been completed to document the economic impact of historic preservation in Greensboro. The study, entitled The Economic Impact of Historic Preservation in Greensboro, NC, was prepared by Martha Canipe during her internship at PGI as part of earning her Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Historic Preservation…
DetailsThe Kathryn and Charles Bennet House, located at 639 Scott Avenue, was historically known as “Oakhurst” and displays unusually fine stonework by a family of stonecutters. Charles Elias Bennett Sr was born in Salem to a family of Moravian stonecutters. His father and uncle jointly owned Bennett’s Granite Quarry and operated the Winston-Salem Granite Works. On Christmas Day,…
DetailsOral history maintains this house was moved from across Scott Avenue, and documentary evidence supports this legend. The Lydia and James Cartland House, located at 631 Scott Avenue, is likely among the first erected in Lindley Park, associated with an early iteration of the neighborhood known as Park Place. In 1910, Lydia and James L.…
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