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Tag Archives: architectural history

Greensboro’s Poplar Hall Gains Landmark Designation

Architecture, Greensboro History, Greensboro Preservation News, NewsBy Benjamin BriggsDecember 21, 2022

The economic prosperity brought on by Greensboro’s insurance, banking, tobacco, and textile ventures in the early 20th century resulted in a remarkable architectural patrimony that is of statewide importance for…

Irving Park Houses Promoted By Influential Architect in 1915

Architecture, Greensboro HistoryBy Benjamin BriggsOctober 7, 2022

Long before television and social media reigned supreme as venues for the exchange of ideas, printed “shelter” and lifestyle magazines were the arbiters of fashionable trends among architects and influencers.…

Pilot Life Campus Represents North Carolina’s First Office Park

Architecture, City Planning, Community Investment, Greensboro History, Greensboro Preservation News, High Point Preservation News, News, Treasured Places Watch ListBy Benjamin BriggsSeptember 30, 2022

In 1928, an innovative suburban office campus opened in Sedgefield, a recreational-themed mixed-use community located between two of the largest industrialized cities in North Carolina: Greensboro and High Point. Pilot…

Lindley Park House Recalls Reynolda, Badin, and Pinehurst

Architecture, Greensboro HistoryBy Benjamin BriggsAugust 22, 2022

In 1918, J. Van Lindley announced plans for the development of his property in west Greensboro, previously leased by an amusement park. He gifted 44 acres along the North Buffalo…

Greensboro Banking House Designed By Famed Charlotte Architects

ArchitectureBy Benjamin BriggsJuly 11, 2022

Rising over South Elm Street, the Greensboro Loan and Trust Banking House is a distinguished example of Renaissance Revival architecture by Charlotte architecture firm Hook and Sawyer. Begun in the…

Historic Summit Avenue Neighborhood

By Benjamin BriggsApril 25, 2022

Traces of nineteenth-century history linger on the edges of the Summit Avenue neighborhood (recently renamed Dunleath), but the greatest architectural legacy dates from the early twentieth-century. In 1898, industrialist siblings…

Revolution Mill and Mill House Walking Tour

By Benjamin BriggsJune 29, 2021

The Revolution Mill complex represents an important chapter in the development of Greensboro as one of the largest cities in North Carolina. The mill was a keystone of brothers Moses…

Walking Wednesdays Tour of the North Carolina A&T State University Campus

By Benjamin BriggsMay 20, 2021

North Carolina A&T State University is the largest historically black college or university in the United States. Founded by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1891, it is one of…

Walking Wednesdays Tour of Greensboro’s Modernist Downtown – SOLD OUT

By Benjamin BriggsMay 20, 2021

As Greensboro grew to become the second largest city in North Carolina by 1970, the city gained affluence through income from textiles, cigarettes, electronics, banking, and insurance. Wealth and prosperity…

Walking Wednesdays Tour of College Hill – FILLED

By Benjamin BriggsMay 20, 2021

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…

The Secrets of College Hill

Architecture, City Planning, Community Investment, Greensboro History, Secrets of..., Tour of Historic HomesBy Benjamin BriggsMay 12, 2021

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…

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…

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