Under the name Hudson Overall Company, Charles Crump Hudson (1877-1937) began manufacturing overalls in 1904 above a South Elm Street storefront. The company later repurposed an abandoned church on Arlington Street, where he renamed his company Blue Bell. By 1919 rapid growth led to construction of a new factory at 626 South Elm Street (today…
DetailsThe Katherine and Sidney J. Stern House at 1804 Nottingham Road was built around 1955-56 to designs drawn by Edward Loewenstein. One of Greensboro’s best examples of Mid-Century Modern architecture, the house features a butterfly roofline, large windows to admit natural light, Pecky Cypress siding, and hand-made brick. Katherine and Sidney Stern chose Loewenstein to…
DetailsOne of eight residential commissions by Philadelphia architect Charles Barton Keen in Greensboro, the Cora and Major John E. Rossell Residence, 1607 Carlisle Road is a charming example of his work and stands as one of the first generation of homes constructed in Irving Park. The house was commissioned around 1919 by its first occupants, Cora…
DetailsCelebrating its 50th year of service to the community, members and friends of Preservation Greensboro gathered last night at the O.Henry Hotel for its Golden Jubilee. The keynote speaker for the evening was James Perry, president and CEO of the Winston-Salem Urban League. A Greensboro native, Perry played a key role in the Preservation Resource…
DetailsGreensboro is best known – in architectural circles – for its flagship Italian Villa-style Blandwood Mansion, its signature Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Skyscraper, and its Art Deco-style Kress and Woolworth (International Civil Rights Center & Museum) buildings. However, to fans of modern architecture, Greensboro might represent a high-water mark in the region for its collection…
DetailsFrancis Marion Pickett saw opportunity in the rapid expansion of the textile industry in the South in the earliest years of the twentieth century. His hometown, High Point, had all of the necessary requirements to start a local mill: plenty of electricity, access to the railroad, and a large pool of available workers. Though the…
DetailsThe McAdoo-Sanders-Tatum House has long captured attention in Greensboro’s priciest enclave for its welcoming wrap-around porch, stonework, and glittering lead-glass windows. But the house at 303 Wentworth Street – recently recognized as a Guilford County Landmark property – might hold another superlative title as Irving Park’s oldest home. The residence is described by historian Sunny…
Details“Less is More” is the well-known edict of the German design school Bauhaus, and Walter Gropius was Bauhaus’s founder. In Greensboro, one building is attributed to the world famous designer that helped introduce modernist design principles to the American public. A native of Berlin, Gropius was an architect and art educator who founded the Bauhaus…
DetailsJefferson Standard Life Insurance Company president Julian Price sought for his office tower to be the highest building between Washington and Atlanta because the recognized the manner in which the public sought “to identify their financial institutions with impressive buildings that inspire confidence.”
DetailsNorth Carolina’s best-preserved big city main street is now home to trendy boutiques, hip bars and coffee houses, and themed restaurants that sit comfortably next to the old-school shops, creating a vibrant urban edge for the neighborhood.
DetailsThe neighborhood was rediscovered in the 1970s by artists and designers who sought spaces with large rooms and modest price tages. Often seen as the funky alternative to “over-the-railroad-tracks neighbor Fisher Park, the Summit/Aycock community has worked hard to progress the neighborhood while preserving its edge.
DetailsCaptain Basil J. Fisher turned a swamp into Greensboro’s most fashionable Gilded Era address in 1901 when he donated the lowlands for a city park that bears his name. Residents took full advantage of ample lots overlooking the park by commissioning the city’s most noteable architects to design sometimes palatial homes. The neighborhood is recognized…
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