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Tag Archives: architecture

Historic Summit Avenue Neighborhood

By Benjamin BriggsMay 18, 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…

Reading The Street – Park Avenue

By Benjamin BriggsMay 11, 2022

Can you read a street? What do materials and architectural styles tell us about the history of a neighborhood such as the Summit Avenue National Register Historic District? Are these…

The Oldest Streets of Dunleath

By Benjamin BriggsMay 4, 2022

Explore Hendrix, Chestnut, and Percy streets, containing the oldest houses in the Summit Avenue National Register Historic District/Dunleath Neighborhood. Dating to the 1880s, these earliest houses were built north of…

Guilford Women in Architecture

By Benjamin BriggsNovember 18, 2021

Throughout its 250-year history, women have had a role in commissioning, designing, and preserving Guilford County’s architecture and built environment. Exemplified by the campus commissions for Greensboro College and Bennett…

Dunleath (Summit Avenue) Walking Tour

By Benjamin BriggsAugust 18, 2021

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…

Walking Wednesdays Tour of East White Oak School

By Benjamin BriggsJune 23, 2021

The East White Oak School was constructed by the Cone family around 1916 to serve grades 1-5 for children of African American mill workers. It has been on the National…

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

By Benjamin BriggsJune 16, 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 College Hill – FILLED

By Benjamin BriggsJune 2, 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…

Guilford at 250: The Town of Jamestown

By Benjamin BriggsMarch 18, 2021

Older than Greensboro and High Point, the Town of Jamestown holds deep roots in Guilford County history. The area was settled by Quakers in 1752 who established grist and saw…

The Secrets of Sunset Hills

Architecture, City Planning, Greensboro History, Secrets of...By Benjamin BriggsDecember 29, 2020

Sunset Hills features gracious yards, stream-side parklands, shaded sidewalks, and charming architecture that are considered treasures in Greensboro. As one of our state’s great Jazz Age communities – and with…

Old Greensborough Walking Tour – Tour Filled

By Benjamin BriggsSeptember 30, 2020

South of the railroad tracks are a variety of shops, galleries, and restaurants that were constructed beginning in the 1870s by Joseph Shields. Named Shieldstown, the structures overlooking South Elm…

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