The architecturally progressive and ambitious designs provided by the faculty and graduates of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T) in the mid-20th century are increasingly taking center stage…
DetailsLong before television and social media reigned supreme as venues for the exchange of ideas, printed “shelter” and lifestyle magazines were the arbiters of fashionable trends among architects and influencers.…
DetailsIn 1928, an innovative suburban office campus opened in Sedgefield, a recreational-themed mixed-use community located between two of the largest industrialized cities in North Carolina: Greensboro and High Point. Pilot…
DetailsPreservation Greensboro Incorporated held its Annual Meeting on an inaugural new date to meet the schedule of its new fiscal year. Previously held in February to celebrate the end of…
DetailsIn 1918, J. Van Lindley announced plans for the development of his property in west Greensboro, previously leased by an amusement park. He gifted 44 acres along the North Buffalo…
DetailsRising over South Elm Street, the Greensboro Loan and Trust Banking House is a distinguished example of Renaissance Revival architecture by Charlotte architecture firm Hook and Sawyer. Begun in the…
DetailsOne of only a dozen brick dwellings built before 1840 in County, the Scott House is located just north of Greensboro. The house was likely constructed by Thomas Scott (1790-1835)…
DetailsThe Summit Avenue Historic District has worked to brand itself as “the alternative historic district” within the context of Greensboro’s oldest neighborhoods. This is derived from the diversity of housing…
DetailsThe Grimsley-Fry House on Fisher Park Circle sports an esteemed history and serves as a touchstone to a talented French-born architect. Constructed in 1907 for Cynthia and George Grimsley, this…
DetailsThe Random Woods neighborhood occupies a gentle valley located between two ridges marked by Fairfax Road to the west and Merritt Drive to the east. True to Greensboro planning traditions,…
DetailsThe 56th Annual Meeting of Preservation Greensboro Incorporated was held on the evening of Wednesday, February 9th on Zoom. The free meeting was attended by members and friends of Greensboro’s…
DetailsFrom the perspective of those living in the twenty-first century, a community reinvestment plan that entails the destruction of the focus neighborhood seems to be a contradiction in terms. How…
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