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Tag Archives: walking tour

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…

The Monuments at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

By Benjamin BriggsSeptember 1, 2021

Recognition of the 1781 Guilford Courthouse battle site was initiated in 1886, and resulted in the formation of the Guilford Battle Ground Company (est. 1887) that would protect and commemorate…

Revolution Mill and Mill House Walking Tour

By Benjamin BriggsAugust 25, 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…

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…

Social Equity in History Walking Tour

By Benjamin BriggsAugust 4, 2021

For a city of its size in the American South, Greensboro has a remarkable history of social equity that spans more than 100 years. Perhaps those of tolerant Quaker and…

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…

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…

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