Sign from Above
All too often, visitors and citizens wonder where exactly Greensboro’s historic neighborhoods are located. There are, after all, no lines on the ground to delineate the boundaries of the community.…
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Got Copper? Hide it – Quick!
Blandwood Mansion, the eighteenth century landmark property in downtown Greensboro, found itself a victim of twenty-first century copper-market theft Tuesday morning. Thieves destroyed seven air-conditioner units by removing their copper…
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Architectural Salvage: The Rescue of Old House Parts
Preservation Greensboro has a national reputation among preservation organizations through several initiatives, including America’s earliest Tuscan Villa, Blandwood Mansion, and the Blandwood Ball. However, a great deal of attention…
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Is Everything Old, New Again? Historic Preservation May Respond to Fresh Challenges
Everything old may very well be new again if this summer’s trends in skyrocketing gas prices forcing us to rethink the design of Greensboro’s neighborhoods. For the first time in…
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Defending the Defenseless
The easy ones are the old ones, the grand ones, and the famous ones. The historic preservation movement has rarely been challenged in protecting superlative places. If it’s the oldest…
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Is Greensboro’s Railroad Heritage at Risk?
North Carolina is playing center stage in a proposed amendment to a Congressional bill that would jump start America’s railroads. According to Preservation Action, the nation’s only grassroots voice for…
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Greensboro City Council Approves Landmark Recognition
A celebrated Greensboro residence in the Fisher Park neighborhood has been resurrected and recognized as an official county landmark. The Greensboro City Council has approved Guilford County Landmark designation for…
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Big Dig Begins in Downtown Greensboro
The Big Dig at Blandwood, part of the city’s Bicentennial celebrations, began today. The project seeks to explore the hidden history of Blandwood, the eighteenth century residence in downtown Greensboro…
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Guilford County’s “Carolina Dutch” Heritage Recognized
Last evening, the Guilford County Board of Commissioners approved the designation of the Ludwick Summers House at 6420 Woellner’s Way near Gibsonville as a Guilford County Landmark property. Chairman Kirk…
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Town and Gown: Re-imagining Greensboro’s Smart New Future
For most of the twentieth-century, Greensboro was one of the region’s economic power-centers, fueled by three highly profitable manufacturing sectors: textiles, tobacco, and machinery. Corporate names such as Cone Mills,…
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Architectural Guide of High Point Published
After years of work, High Point has a publication dedicated to the architectural history of the city. In efforts of transparency and full-disclosure, I am its author. I will receive…
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A Weekend with the Moreheads
The fantasy of the theater was blended with the reality of history this past weekend at Blandwood Mansion, where five intrepid and talented actors portrayed members of the Morehead’s extended…
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