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Category Archives: Art in Architecture

Greensboro’s Grandest Estate Has New Owners

Architecture, Art in Architecture, Greensboro Preservation News, High Point Preservation News, Lost Greensboro, News, Treasured Places Watch ListBy Benjamin BriggsNovember 16, 2018

Adamsleigh, 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,…

Greensboro’s Renaissance Past

Art in Architecture, Greensboro HistoryBy Benjamin BriggsJune 29, 20103 Comments

The City of Greensboro Central Fire Station was constructed as part of a city-wide renaissance known as Greater Greensboro in which the city grew in population and expanded civic services.…

Our New Linear Park, A Path To The Future

Art in Architecture, City PlanningBy Benjamin BriggsJuly 22, 2009

We can only imagine what Greensboro’s Downtown Greenway will be like when completed, though workers have laid asphalt for the path through the Warnersville neighborhood already. The complete experience remains a few…

An Old Place, A New Look

Architecture, Art in Architecture, Greensboro HistoryBy Benjamin BriggsMay 29, 20091 Comment

The North State Milling Company at 816 South Elm Street is an excellent example of an early twentieth-century industrial site.  The company was founded in 1912 and manufactured plain and…

The Secrets of the Preyer Federal Building

Architecture, Art in Architecture, Greensboro History, Secrets of...By Benjamin BriggsMay 15, 20091 Comment

Any building with the scale, history, and gravitas of the L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building on Market Street has a few stories to tell. With a recent Insider Tour sponsored…

A World of Architecture in One Building

Architecture, Art in Architecture, Events, Greensboro History, Greensboro Preservation NewsBy Benjamin BriggsMarch 27, 20091 Comment

The L. Richardson Preyer Federal Courthouse, located at the intersection of West Market and North Eugene streets in downtown Greensboro, stands among the most celebrated examples of Art Deco architecture…

Greensboro’s Classical Acroteria

Architecture, Art in ArchitectureBy Benjamin BriggsDecember 12, 2008

Greensboro’s proposed International Civil Rights Museum (originally F. W. Woolworth’s) located at 132 South Elm Street was constructed in 1929 according to plans drawn by architect Charles C. Hartmann. The…

Facing the Past

Architecture, Art in ArchitectureBy Benjamin BriggsNovember 14, 2008

The Clegg Building was constructed in 1904 to designs by architect Frank A. Weston. Weston relocated his firm from Denver, Colorado to Greensboro under the expectation of a Gate City…

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