Saving Places Properties

Properties sold through area Redevelopment Fund will maintain preservation easements that will protect significant architectural features and work to preserve sites into the future. A significant component of a preservation easement is restriction of demolition of properties, though most sites have greater detail of protected features.

The Fund welcomes partnerships and encourages innovative solutions to preservation issues. If you would like to learn more about Redevelopment Funds, please contact the PGI office at 336-272-5003, or email Benjamin Briggs, Executive Director of Preservation Greensboro.

Past Advocacy

Urban Renewal: What Were They Thinking?

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…

North Carolina’s Historic Tax Credits Extended

Governor Roy Cooper’s signing of the North Carolina State Budget for 2022 on November 18th, 2021 is good news for historic preservation interests. The new budget allowed for expansion and…

The Secrets of College Hill

College Hill has the distinction of being Greensboro’s best-preserved nineteenth century neighborhood with narrow streets lined with Queen Anne cottages, charming bungalows, and interwar apartment buildings. Packed with history and…

Century Old Tate Street House Was Home to Renaissance Woman

The College Hill Historic District is composed of numerous subdivisions, some large, some small, sprinkled with numerous individual houses that were built as early as 1845. This patchwork quilt provides…

The Secrets of the Southside Neighborhoods

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…

Guilford Landmarks May Increase by Four

Four historic landmark designations have been submitted from the Guilford County Historic Preservation Commission for designation to the Greensboro City Council. Each property represents major themes of Greensboro history including…

Historic Preservation for Improved Social Equity

Historic preservation has served a central role in American history, and over the past 30 years, it held an increasingly relevant role in preserving sites of Black history in Greensboro.…

Brooks House Granted Landmark Designation

Once abandoned and occupied by squatters, the Margaret and Thornton Brooks House, located at 415 Sunset Drive in Irving Park, has been approved for designation as a Guilford County Landmark…

South Elm Building with Interesting History is Designated

On October 15th 2019, the Greensboro City Council designated the Groome-Shevel Building at 532-534 South Elm Street a Guilford County Landmark property. Landmark designation means the community recognizes the property…

College Hill’s Victorian Troika

On September 15, 1875, the Greensboro Patriot newspaper announced “Mr. Eugene Morehead has tendered the city the right of way for several beautiful streets over his lands on the South-Western…

The Economic Impact of Historic Preservation in Greensboro NC

Long recognized for aesthetic and cultural impact, an important study has been completed to document the economic impact of historic preservation in Greensboro. The study, entitled The Economic Impact of…

What Can Greensboro Learn From Detroit?

The Gate City and the Motor City enjoy some similarities in terms of history and architecture. Today, the Gate City might benefit from a few lessons to learn from Detroit…

Past Projects

Early Charles Barton Keen House Preserved By Owner

The Rossell House was constructed in 1919 on Carlisle Road as one of eight residential commissions by Philadelphia architect Charles Barton Keen in Greensboro. The property has been preserved by its owner, Jackie Humphrey through the donation of a preservation easement. Easements are recognized as the strongest protection for historic properties.

Fisher Park Mansion Slated For Restoration

Located on Elm Street in the heart of the Fisher Park Historic District, the Leak House has suffered from neglect for more than 10 years. The property was acquired by the Preservation Greensboro Development Fund in 2017 for the purpose of ensuring the future of the historic house by identifying a suitable preservation partner to oversee restoration efforts.

1895 Saloon Restored With Community Partners

A groundbreaking partnership with The Christman Company has led to the preservation of a Greensboro landmark that is both historically respectful and fiscally prudent. The city is enjoying reinvestment in a key downtown building, as well as construction jobs, increased property tax revenue, and the salaried positions that come with this project.

Fire Damaged House Saved With Preservation Partners

Built in 1907, the Angle House was severely damaged by fire in 2011 and slated for demolition. A creative partnership with the neighborhood association, the City of Greensboro, two private foundations, and private investors enabled this prominent property to be restored. The house remains a private home today.

Notable Mid-Century Modern House Preserved

The Stern House was constructed in 1955-56 on Nottingham Road as one of the seminal commissions by architect Edward Loewenstein. The Mid-Century Modern style house and property have been preserved by its owner, Kay Stern through the donation of a preservation easement. Easements are the strongest protection for historic properties.

Jalie Hunt Cox House restored in Glenwood

Constructed in 1908 for Jalie Hunt Cox, a widowed mother of two daughters from High Point, this Glenwood neighborhood house was located on land acquired for UNCG campus expansion. In a partnership with the University, the structure was relocated to Haywood Street in December 2011. It was acquired by a family and completely restored.

Model Farm in High Point Connects with Quaker History

One of North Carolina’s most interesting Reconstruction-era historic sites was donated to the PGDF in order to preserve it for future generations to enjoy. It was sold to a non-profit community organization with easements in order to preserve it’s history.

Glenwood Bungalow Preserved Alongside UNCG campus

This gabled bungalow was preserved by the Development Fund using a preservation easement to prevent future demolition. It serves as a link between the UNCG campus to the north and the neighborhood to the south.

Craftsman Cottage Preserved in Glenwood

This charming Craftsman bungalow was purchased as an income property suitable residents who would enjoy being close to the nearby UNCG campus. Utilizing funds from the 1772 Foundation, UNCG, and private investment, restoration was completed in 2016.

Historic Craftsman Saved on Haywood Street

Greensboro newcomers have joined in efforts to revitalize the Glenwood neighborhood. This c. 1923 home was sold with a preservation easement to ensure that it remains a part of the neighborhood for future generations. The house was relocated to Haywood Street in 2011.

Sweeney-Penn House: At the Heart of Fisher Park

Standing in the heart of the Fisher Park neighborhood, this 1916 period home once under a demolition order by the city. The Fund cleared legal obstacles, and marketed the property for restoration. Today it is one of Greensboro’s coziest craftsman bungalows.

Esther Barker House: History on the Move

Built as an investment property in 1905, this Queen Anne-style house was relocated to the Bellemeade neighborhood using community development funds and private equity in order to preserve it. Today, the home remains a residential income-producing property.

The Ross and Olive Bowman House in Southside

Once under a demolition order, this house is a well-preserved classic bungalow, featuring the low-pitched roof, wide eaves with diagonal braces, and generous front porch that were evocative of homes in East Asia. It was constructed in 1923, and donated by Keith Bowman in 2008.

Landmark College Hill House Saved by Fund

One of the three oldest houses in College Hill, and one of a small number of houses in Greensboro built in the Greek Revival style, this house was vacant and vandalized when it was saved from destruction in 1992. It was the second property saved by the Development Fund.

19th Century Farmhouse Saved from Demo

In May 1989, the home was severely damaged by a severe thunderstorm that blew ancient maple trees on to the house and threatened its future. The Fund acquired the property from the county, and in turn sold the historic property to a preservation-minded buyer in November 1991 with a preservation easement.