A World of Architecture in One Building
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…
A Tale of Two Houses
Through an unprecedented public-private partnership in preservation, a pair of historic houses in downtown Greensboro might avoid destruction and find suitable new homes that will enrich two of Greensboro’s most historic…
Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration?
For those interested in preserving historic sites and structures, the field can be a confusing place with advanced concepts, ambiguous legal terminology, and daunting acronyms. Is it appropriate to use…
Greensboro’s 2008 Preservation Award Winners
Greensboro has a long history of historic preservation and adaptive reuse, dating back to the 1887 conservation of the Guilford Courthouse battleground and the 1924 establishment of the Greensboro Historical…
Preservation’s Bright Green Future
Preservation Greensboro has a forty year tradition of engaging the local community with notable speakers at the organization’s annual meeting. Beginning with Jane Davies of Columbia University at the very…
Make Your Grey Building Green!
Historic preservation has been an exciting part of Greensboro’s growth for decades, but today’s developers are exploring new ways to preserve our environment by going green. Here in Greensboro, participants…
Acclaimed House Near Irving Park Threatened
In 1957, twenty three young women from Greensboro’s Woman’s College (today UNCG) oversaw the construction of a house at 2207 North Elm Street. In the process, the students learned about…
Blandwood’s Old New Neighbor
Blandwood Mansion, located on West Washington Street in downtown Greensboro, will soon get an old house as a new neighbor. The old house (image, above) is owned by the Zenke…
Gatekeepers Cottage Headed to New Owner
The Green Hill Gatekeeper’s Cottage, located on a triangle of land between West Fisher Avenue, Wharton Street, and Battleground Avenue is known for its frilly trim and high-pitched roofline. It…
A Chip off the Old Block
McIver Street in College Hill may be losing at least one of its historic homes; part of a broader plan by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) to…
Sign from Above
All too often, visitors and citizens wonder where exactly Greensboro’s historic neighborhoods are located. There are, after all, no lines on the ground to delineate the boundaries of the community.…
Got Copper? Hide it – Quick!
Blandwood Mansion, the eighteenth century landmark property in downtown Greensboro, found itself a victim of twenty-first century copper-market theft Tuesday morning. Thieves destroyed seven air-conditioner units by removing their copper…
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