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Category Archives: Social Equity

Delphina Street: Greensboro’s Most Historic Secret

Architecture, City Planning, Greensboro History, Lost Greensboro, Secrets of..., Social EquityBy Benjamin BriggsJanuary 18, 2023

Delphina Street was an early community of Black landowners that was centered around St. Paul’s A. M. E. Zion Church in today’s Westerwood neighborhood. It was established in the early…

Student’s Groundbreaking Research Provides New Perspectives on Warnersville

City Planning, Greensboro History, Social EquityBy Benjamin BriggsJanuary 4, 2023

Anna-Kristina Hoffman, an Archaeology Major and Painting Minor at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, completed her 2022 internship with Preservation Greensboro by answering this basic question: How did the…

NCA&T’s Architectural Engineering Program Holds Deep Roots

Architecture, Greensboro History, Modern Architecture, Social EquityBy Benjamin BriggsNovember 23, 2022

The architecturally progressive and ambitious designs provided by the faculty and graduates of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T) in the mid-20th century are increasingly taking center stage…

Urban Renewal: What Were They Thinking?

Architecture, City Planning, Community Investment, Greensboro History, Lost Greensboro, Modern Architecture, Social EquityBy Benjamin BriggsJanuary 31, 2022

From the perspective of those living in the twenty-first century, a community reinvestment plan that entails the destruction of the focus neighborhood seems to be a contradiction in terms. How…

Weill Block Yields Women’s History

Architecture, Greensboro History, Greensboro Preservation News, Social EquityBy Benjamin BriggsNovember 24, 2021

Mrs. Sol. Weill purchased the site of 314 South Elm Street in July of 1898 with the intention of building a sizeable structure to house the Simpson-Shields Shoe Company. Greensboro-based…

Black and White Roles and Responsibilities at Blandwood

Blandwood Museum, Greensboro History, Social EquityBy Benjamin BriggsOctober 8, 2021

Synopsis Hannah Jones and Tinnan Morehead are the only two people documented by name to have lived in bondage at Blandwood, the home of former North Carolina Governor John Motley…

Early Black Families Held Influential Roles in Greensboro Part Two

Architecture, Greensboro History, Social EquityBy Benjamin BriggsSeptember 21, 2021

In Greensboro and Guilford County during the nineteenth century, the Mitchell and Dean families contributed themes of influence and agency as free people of color within the context of legalized…

Early Black Families Held Influential Roles in Greensboro Part One

Architecture, Greensboro History, Social EquityBy Benjamin BriggsSeptember 20, 2021

In Greensboro and Guilford County during the nineteenth century, the Mitchell and Dean families contributed themes of influence and agency as free people of color within the context of legalized…

Pre-War House in College Hill Showcases Diverse Past

Architecture, Greensboro History, Social EquityBy Benjamin BriggsApril 19, 2021

A latecomer to College Hill, the Mildred and Philip McLendon House takes architectural cues from the Boom Era of the Roaring Twenties, but its history stretches much deeper. Before its…

The Magnolia House: A Pivotal Point Of Greensboro History

Architecture, Greensboro History, Social EquityBy Benjamin BriggsJanuary 19, 2021

The landmark house on Gorrell Street is most notable today as the Magnolia House Motel, a Green Book-era accommodation with deep roots in Greensboro’s Black community. Beyond its legendary hospitality,…

The Secrets of the Southside Neighborhoods

Architecture, City Planning, Community Investment, Greensboro History, Secrets of..., Social Equity, Tour of Historic HomesBy Benjamin BriggsOctober 12, 2020

If you haven’t visited Southside and South Elm Street – south of the railroad tracks – in a few years, my how things have changed. Once the redheaded stepchild of…

East White Oak School Serves As Community Touchstone

Architecture, Greensboro History, Social EquityBy Benjamin BriggsAugust 16, 2020

The East White Oak School was constructed by the Cone company in 1916 to serve grades 1-5 for children of African American workers who resided in the surrounding community as…

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