Though we held our most recent Annual Meeting last February, this meeting serves as Preservation Greensboro’s abridged annual General Membership Meeting that will align to the organization's new bylaws and the fiscal year passed May 10th, 2022. The new bylaws call for our annual meeting to be held in September or October of each year.…
A Halloween tradition of Ghost Stories continues this October at Blandwood! Located in downtown Greensboro, Blandwood has stood for more than 225 years and has witnessed the passage of time, historic events, and the lives of its occupants. Our special friend and storyteller Cynthia Moore Brown will weave her 18th season of magic with spine-tingling…
A Halloween tradition of Ghost Stories continues this October at Blandwood Mansion! Located in downtown Greensboro, Blandwood has stood for more than 225 years and has witnessed the passage of time, historic events, and the lives of its occupants. Our special friend and storyteller Cynthia Moore Brown will weave her 18th season of magic with…
Preservation North Carolina's groundbreaking exhibit entitled WE BUILT THIS will come to Greensboro this fall! It will be displayed in the University Galleries located on the campus of NC A&T State University from October 21 to December 9, 2022. Many of the historic buildings we revere in North Carolina are credited to their owners. Rarely…
UPDATE Oct 18 2022: This event has been cancelled. The Victorians were always open for a ghostly guest or a spiritual sensation…and Blandwood is Greensboro’s grandest Victorian house! You will be guided by a ghoul from room to room as you listen to literary readings of supernatural stories. Victorian authors including Edgar Allen Poe, Dora…
UPDATE Oct 18 2022: This event has been cancelled. The Victorians were always open for a ghostly guest or a spiritual sensation…and Blandwood is Greensboro’s grandest Victorian house! You will be guided by a ghoul from room to room as you listen to literary readings of supernatural stories. Victorian authors including Edgar Allen Poe, Dora…
The History and Legacy of Greensboro’s Black Architects and Builders Wednesday Evening, November 9th, 2022, 6:00pm until 8pm. Dudley Memorial Building/University Galleries, Multi-Purpose Room 202 University Circle on the campus of NC A&T State University Join us for a panel discussion of the history and legacy of Greensboro’s Black architects and builders. This event will…
The Early Victorian Period in Greensboro was one of growth and change, as new educational and industrial opportunities brought a greater diversity of traditions and customs to the region. During this period, holiday festivities evolved and changed as modest “backwoods” practices began to embrace national and international traditions. Explore Blandwood to learn about evolving mid-nineteenth-century…
A house, no matter how grand or humble, tells a specific story. It reveals cultural values, societal norms, personal choices, and collective understandings. When we go back in time through the portal of architectural space, we are faced with the dilemma as to how to view the narrative with which we are confronted. Interestingly, our…
Join Us in Celebrating National Preservation Month! Preservation Greensboro’s Thirteenth Annual Tour of Historic Homes & Gardens will showcase the vintage homes of the Westerwood neighborhood during May, National Historic Preservation Month. Event is Saturday, May 20, 11am-4pm, and Sunday May 21, 1pm-5pm. Tour Magazines will be available at Tour Headquarters (1003 Hampton Street) and…
Tour reservations are required. College Hill has the distinction of being Greensboro’s best-preserved nineteenth century neighborhood. The narrow streets lined with Queen Anne cottages and charming bungalows are enhanced by offbeat boutiques and eateries that cater to a hipster clientele from nearby colleges. Packed with history and centrally located, College Hill blends quaint architecture with…
Tour reservations are required. For a city of its size in the American South, Greensboro has a remarkable history of social equity expressed in our built environment that spans more than 100 years. Perhaps those of tolerant Quaker and Jewish faith provided Greensboro’s disenfranchised citizens with community allies. In addition, Greensboro also had a strong…
