{"id":3825,"date":"2016-05-31T15:24:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T19:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=3825"},"modified":"2016-05-31T15:24:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T19:24:44","slug":"historic-summit-avenue-neighborhood-4","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/event\/historic-summit-avenue-neighborhood-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Summit Avenue Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Traces of nineteenth-century history linger on the edges of the Summit Avenue neighborhood, but the greatest architectural legacy dates from the early twentieth-century. In 1898, industrialist siblings Ceasar and Moses Cone constructed a \u201cmagnificent boulevard\u201d to ease transportation between their mills and the city center. Named \u201cSummit Avenue\u201d for its destination to the crossroads community of Brown Summit, the avenue was quickly occupied with grand homes with Queen Anne, Romanesque, Neoclassical, and Colonial Revival details.<\/p>\n

Side streets\u00a0branded with urbane names such as \u201cPark Avenue\u201d and \u201cFifth Avenue\u201d were soon lined with homes occupied by engineers and mechanics employed by the mills. Later houses were designed in styles such as\u00a0Craftsman Bungalows and Rectinlinear Foursquares. The majority of the neighborhood maintained its industrial affiliation throughout the twentieth-century until its ample and affordable residences were re-discovered by artists and educators in the 1980s. Since then, the neighborhood has seen a great deal of reinvestment as a vibrant urban neighborhood.<\/p>\n

This tour is part of the year-long celebration of Preservation Greensboro\u2019s 50th year of service to the community. Preservation Greensboro\u2019s Urban Guide<\/em> Ryan Gray will provide insights and anecdotal stories about Ceasar and Moses Cone, Sigmund Sternberger,\u00a0and other personalities that contributed to Summit Avenue\u2019s recognition in 1984 as one of only three local historic districts in Greensboro. Tours will take an hour and a half depending on questions.<\/p>\n

Meet in front of the Charles B. Aycock Middle School at 811 Cypress Street. Rain or shine, cancelled only if thunder is heard. Wear comfortable shoes! This tour is FREE.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With streets branded using urbane names such as \u201cPark Avenue\u201d and \u201cFifth Avenue\u201d, the Summit Avenue neighborhood was soon lined with homes occupied by engineers and mechanics employed by the mills. Later houses were designed in styles such as Craftsman Bungalows and Rectinlinear Foursquares. The majority of the neighborhood maintained its industrial affiliation throughout the twentieth-century until its ample and affordable residences were re-discovered by artists and educators in the 1980s. Since then, the neighborhood has seen a great deal of reinvestment as a vibrant urban neighborhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[31],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3825"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preservationgreensboro.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=3825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}