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Tag Archives: architecture

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…

Dunleath (Summit Avenue) Walking Tour – Tour Filled

By Benjamin BriggsSeptember 23, 2020

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…

Fisher Park Walking Tour – Tour Filled

By Benjamin BriggsSeptember 16, 2020

Fisher Park was the first Greensboro suburb planned and developed around a park and one of the earliest park suburbs in North Carolina. British Army Captain Basil J. Fisher re-imaged…

College Hill Walking Tour – Tour Filled

By Benjamin BriggsSeptember 9, 2020

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…

Cancelled – Walking Tour of Grimsley High School Campus

By Benjamin BriggsJune 24, 2020

When it opened on Westover Terrace in 1929, the Greensboro Senior High School was heralded as the city’s $1,000,000 high school. It was built at the culmination of a wave…

Cancelled – Walking Tour of Sunset Hills

By Benjamin BriggsJune 17, 2020

In 1922, developer A. K. Moore acquired a 212-acre tract of land with a unique location in Greensboro. The land was located at the western terminus of Market Street –…

Cancelled – Walking Tour of the Bennett College Campus

By Benjamin BriggsJune 10, 2020

Since its establishment as a primary and secondary school in 1873, Bennett College has grown to one of the most important Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in North Carolina.…

Cancelled – Walking Wednesdays Tour of Westerwood

By Benjamin BriggsJune 3, 2020

Beginning with the magnificent neoclassical Double Oaks Bed & Breakfast at 204 North Mendenhall Street, this tour will weave the history of Westerwood from the late nineteenth century to the…

Walking Tour of Greensboro’s Modernist Downtown

By Benjamin BriggsMay 27, 2020

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 led…

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