More Clues Revealed in Albright House History
For those driving on Friendly Avenue in west Greensboro, it is clear that work is underway on one of Greensboro’s most highly anticipated restoration projects. Recent insights on the history…
DetailsFor those driving on Friendly Avenue in west Greensboro, it is clear that work is underway on one of Greensboro’s most highly anticipated restoration projects. Recent insights on the history…
Fisher Park is one of North Carolina’s treasured places. Catherine Bishir, one of the state’s preeminent architectural historians, referred the neighborhood as “one of the state’s premiere streetcar suburbs” with…
The Pomona Mill located at the corner of Spring Garden at Merritt Drive, appears to be headed for destruction. The history of the mill dates back to 1897, when construction…
On September 10th, the Greensboro Zoning Commission unanimously approved the rezoning of the historic Albright House for office use, paving the way for preservation of the site as the headquarters…
Historic Barns Threat: Demolition by Neglect Rural Guilford County Since the earliest days of settlement, the family farm has been a vital image in Guilford County. As the main structures…
Bellemeade Neighborhood Threat: Neglect and Demolition Cedar Street, Spring Street, Guilford Avenue Bellemeade, like other historic center-city neighborhoods, contains buildings that represent a broad spectrum of Greensboro’s history, including the…
Holleman House Threat: Demolition 701 N. Greene Street, Fisher Park Historic District One of Fisher Park’s earliest residences, the Holleman House was constructed between 1905 and 1920 at one of…
Pomona Mill and Southern Railway Roundhouse Threat: Abandonment and Demolition Spring Garden at Merritt Drive Little appreciated by some, industrial history of the city holds the key in explaining how…
Wallace Development in College Hill Historic District Threat: Demolition and Over-scaled Redevelopment South Mendenhall, Tate, Spring Garden streets Greensboro’s oldest neighborhood, once considered “safe” by the city’s preservation community, is…
J. C. Price School Threat: Destruction Warnersville Neighborhood When Yardley Warner, a Quaker missionary from Philadelphia, purchased 34 acres of land just outside of Greensboro’s city limits in 1867, he…
South Elm Street/ Old Greensborough Historic District Threat: Demolition and Overscaled Redevelopment Considered by some architectural historians to be the best preserved big-city downtown in North Carolina, South Elm Street…
Since 2004, Preservation Greensboro has compiled a list of properties in which citizens have shown concern or voiced interest. Many Greensboro residents realize that the city continues to lose historic…
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