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PreservationGSO
Приєднався 4 тра 2010
A channel for Preservation Greensboro Incorporated (PGI). Established in 1966, PGI is recognized as having a comprehensive program in place that work to save the Greensboro North Carolina's historical and architectural resources. Programs include recycling efforts through Architectural Salvage of Greensboro; cultural initiatives through the ownership and management of Blandwood Mansion; and advocacy and placemaking through our annual Tour of Historic Homes held each May (National Historic Preservation Month). The organization is recognized by the National Trust for Historic Places as a Local Partner organization, and works in partnership with the Preservation Greensboro Development Fund to provide solutions for challenging preservation issues.
56th Annual Meeting
This meeting serves as Preservation Greensboro’s annual General Membership Meeting that will include election of board members and a presentation of the 2021 Preservation Awards. In addition to awards and a community update, attendees will learn more about special new initiatives of the organization.
Our Keynote Speaker is Tom Mayes, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Tom has written and spoken widely on why old places matter to people. In 2013, Tom received the National Endowment for the Arts Rome Prize in Historic Preservation and wrote a series of essays titled Why Old Places Matter.
Our Keynote Speaker is Tom Mayes, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Tom has written and spoken widely on why old places matter to people. In 2013, Tom received the National Endowment for the Arts Rome Prize in Historic Preservation and wrote a series of essays titled Why Old Places Matter.
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Guilford 250: Our oldest standing structures
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For our last installment for the Guilford 250 series we wanted to look at the oldest standing buildings in our county. Thank you for joining us for a year of learning and celebrating Guilford County!
Guilford 250: Guilford Women in Architecture
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Throughout its 250-year history, women have had a role in commissioning, designing, and preserving Guilford County’s architecture and the built environment. Exemplified by the campus commissions for Greensboro College and Bennett College for Women, to the famous hotel of Nannie Kilby in High Point, to the preservation of the Weir-Jordan House in Greensboro, women have shaped and influenced our ...
Guilford 250: African Americans and Reconstruction
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For many Blacks in Guilford County, the years just after the Civil War raised hopes that equity and enfranchisement would be written into law as a way for a new Southern society to move forward. African Americans established educational institutions, organized churches, and invested in the business in ways unimaginable before Emancipation. Historian James Shields will review this era in America...
Guilford County’s Early Textile History
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Guilford County has long been recognized for its industrial heritage, but did you know that some historians trace North Carolina’s industrial awakening to one early Guilford resident? From Greensboro, the seeds of North Carolina’s textile history in the Carolina Piedmont were sewn. Few industries had an impact on our cultural landscape - both in Guilford County and other counties - as the texti...
Guilford 250-Building Greensboro-Foundations of Our Mid-Century Modern History
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Eric Woodard, “The Mod Man”, will present “Building Greensboro - Foundations of Our Mid-Century Modern History”. Learn how Greensboro blazed a different path during the Civil Rights Era that departed from traditional narratives found throughout the southeastern United States. Eric Woodard has served as a member of Preservation Greensboro’s Board of Directors since 2017. His research showcases t...
Guilford 250: Early Religions in Guilford County
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Historian Charles Rodenbough documents the contributions of the religious groups that settled early Guilford County, from the early Quaker settlements of the west to the German Reformed communities in the east. Rodenbough has self-published several books, including If the Lord Is Willing And The Creek Stays Low, Governor Alexander Martin: Biography of a North Carolina Revolutionary War Statesma...
Guilford 250: High Point Architecture, A Virtual Tour with audio
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Established among Quaker settlements in 1859 at the intersection of the Great Fayetteville and Western Plank Road and the North Carolina Railroad, High Point was destined to be a center of commerce and manufacturing from its start. The growth of the furniture industry in the 1890s and textile manufacturing in the twentieth century brought great wealth to the city by the close of World War I. By...
Guilford 250: Our Leadership in Civil Rights
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Guilford County is unusual in North Carolina, and perhaps the American South for having a treasure trove of Black historic sites that include the acclaimed International Civil Rights Museum and Center, the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum at Palmer Memorial Institute, and the John Coltrane Childhood Home, as well as a significant collection of institutions such as Bennett College for Women, Penn-...
Guilford 250-Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
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Over the course of our 250 years, Guilford County witnessed three major turning points in American history: The Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the Civil Rights Movement. Our connection with the Revolutionary War is memorialized at the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. The conflict was the largest battle of the Southern Campaign, and it altered the British plans for regaining th...
Guilford250 Jamestown
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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 sawmills along with the forks of the Deep River. By the time of the arrival of the North Carolina Railroad in 1856, others settled the community, including Methodists, freedmen, enslaved, and cotton mill workers. Learn more ab...
Guilford 250: Civil Rights Era Touchstones
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Greensboro’s Civil Rights history is unparalleled in North Carolina. With keystone institutions such as NCA&T, Bennett College, and Dudley High School, Greensboro has (at times) been a national leader in Civil Rights. According to historian William H. Chafe, “In some ways Greensboro simply exemplified national trends; in others, it helped to create them, particularly with the sit-ins and the ev...
Guilford 250: Our Rich Heritage
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Join us for an illustrated history of Guilford County's architecture, from the earliest settlement to recent preservation efforts. Our county has played a special role in American history: as the site of a turning point in the Revolutionary War, in ending the Civil War, and as a beginning point for the Civil Rights Movement. Learn how Guilford County has a unique character revealed in our story...
Southend Lecture
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Obedience Motley Moreheads brother Daniel Motley was my 2nd. Great Grandfather. Gov. John Motley Morehead was given the Motley middle name as I look on the family tree and my ancestors even today in my family our children are given our ancestors name . My grandmother was Ida Maude Motley. As a child and adult we remember her telling us stories of her childhood. Her father was James Motley and his father Daniel Motley. Daniel Motley was Obedience brother. I moved to North Carolina 4 years ago from Pittsylvania county Virginia. I was walking for exercise one day and see a house I loved when stopped to admire it I read the Plaque and it had John Motley Morehead name I got so excited I told my husband that's my family so went home pulled out my family's tree notes a photos showed him. Then he told me about Blandwood and I got to vist my GGG Aunts OBEDIENCE (BIDDY'S) Motley Moreheads home...
first off, it's MOREHEAD not moorehead. second, my ancestor is Gov. Morehead also on my mothers side.
Great Video, Michael.
Do you have anything from Carolina circle mall
This was so cool to watch! I am researching my geneology and it turns out based on records, Gov. Moorehead was my 4th generation grandfather on my mother's side.