Clement Gillespie Wright (1864-1937) was a Greensboro native and descended from an old family. His great-grandfather Robert Lindsay was among the pioneers of Greensboro. In 1808 Lindsay bought a lot…
DetailsAn air of mystery surrounds to McAdoo-Sanders-Tatum House at 303 Wentworth Drive. More than any other house in the neighborhood, it has a long and rich past, but the depth of…
DetailsUnder 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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
DetailsThere is no lens within our modern moral context to understand or condone the enslavement of fellow human beings that took place in the first 258 years of American history.…
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.”
DetailsCollege Hill has the distinction of being Greensboro’s best-preserved example of a late nineteenth century neighborhood. The narrow streets lined with commodius Queen Anne residences and charming bungalows are enhanced…
DetailsGreensboro has a long tradition of grand residences that began with Blandwood, a two-story Federal-period home built in 1795 by Charles Bland in a wooded setting that in 1808 was selected…
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