The Lessie and William Payne House located at 608 Longview Street was likely a speculative investment by real estate agent R. C. Millikan financed through Prudential Insurance in 1927. It was sold to Mattie and William Mayes who assumed a mortgage of $5,100 but the Mayes did not live in the house very long, if ever…
DetailsThis two-story brick Tudor Revival house was built by Emily and Curtis Holland at 2617 Beechwood Street in 1927. Curtis, a native of Chatham County and veteran of World War I, was employed as the assistant advertising manager at Vick Chemical Company at the time they erected their home. Emily and Curtis were married in…
DetailsAn iconic historic building on one of downtown Greensboro’s primary thoroughfares, the Christian Advocate Publishing Company Building contains 11,000 square feet of leasable space on two floors. Onsite parking can be made available. The structure has been vacant for more than 20 years, and interior appointments include exposed brick walls, large windows overlooking the skyline,…
DetailsJoseph Marvin Hunt was born in Kernersville and was founder of the Hunt Brothers Plumbing and Heating Company. In 1902 he married Pattie Kirkman of Walker Avenue, and the couple began a family of five, including Joseph Marvin Jr., Kenneth, Eleanor, Ruth Adalaide, and Barbara. The Hunts ercted this eye-catching house at 810 Willowbrook Drive…
DetailsThe western quadrant of Greensboro grew quickly in the late nineteenth century. Residential and commercial growth followed jobs spurred by prime industrial sites adjacent to the North Carolina Railroad and thoroughfares with access to Jamestown and High Point. In 1893, the state established the State Normal and Industrial School (today UNCG) in the area, representing…
DetailsMost in Greensboro celebrate the fact that North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T) is the largest historically black university in the nation, and most recognize it is a well-regarded public land grant university for research in areas of engineering, biomedical engineering, and technology. Fewer people realize that A&T’s campus is composed of a…
DetailsPreservation Greensboro held its 53rd Annual Meeting last evening at the Colonnade at Revolution Mill with 140 attendees. Accomplishments of the previous year were reviewed, along with preservation awards, and a keynote presentation by architect Eddie Belk. The gathering also served as the annual business meeting for the organization as new directors and officers were…
DetailsThe Gate City and the Motor City enjoy some similarities in terms of history and architecture. Today, the Gate City might benefit from a few lessons to learn from Detroit as it reinvents itself using its Twentieth-century industrial heritage. The Motor City is legendary as a manufacturing center. In the 1890s the city was known…
DetailsHistoric designations and related protections can be a confusing stew of terms that in some ways defy logic. For example, how can a locally recognized landmark property be more protected than a National Register property? Though much has been written about our historic preservation toolbox, a simple way to review options for saving properties in Greensboro is…
DetailsThe Lindley family built this frame farmhouse about 1905, but since 1912 it has been in the Coble family. The once simple house was adorned with a two-story verandah with wrought-iron details in the twentieth-century. A handsome barn is also located on the property, built in the early 1940s by German prisoners or war. The…
DetailsAdamsleigh, the sprawling mansion built in 1929 by textile magnate John Hampton Adams, was sold on November 7th. The Tudor-style estate in Sedgefield will celebrate its 90th anniversary in 2019, but the fate of the house will be decided by its new owners. Architect Luther Lashmit designed Greensboro’s grandest estate located at 3301 Alamance Road…
DetailsAnn Eliza Lindsay Morehead is better known by her married name, Mrs. John Motley Morehead. Morehead was the first North Carolina governor to serve two terms, and remains a high-profile figure in state history. However, his somewhat elusive wife led a fascinating life that in ways exceeded her husband’s in associations with Guilford County history,…
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