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Duck's Sanderling Inn, a resort built around a renovated life-saving station constructed in 1899, is renowned for fine accommodations and environmentally sound development.
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2.Resurrecting Ocracoke Island's Landmark Inn by Lea, Diane Metro Magazine Vol. 1 Issue 5, June 2000
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One of three homes built on Ocracoke Island by Sam Jones of Norfolk, Virginia, the Castle on Silver Lake is an island landmark. The Castle, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, lay neglected for almost two decades. Purchased in 1994, the three-story building with seven dormers on its façade is now a bed and breakfast inn.
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Metro Magazine
(NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 1 Issue 5, June 2000,
p52-55, 57-58, il
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Chatwood Garden in Hillsborough was the creation of Mrs. Helen Blake Watkins, who developed it between 1956 and 1992. The garden surrounds Chatwood, an 1808 two-and-a-half-story, Federal-style home that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The award-winning garden has been called one of the best private landscapes in the nation.
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The new Student Recreation Center at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington is profiled. The 64,000-square-foot building opened April 11, 2000. The structure features a fitness center, aerobics room, 30-foot climbing wall, a three-lane walking, running or jogging track, and a Wellness Center for students.
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5.The State Capitol - Architecture As History by Lea, Diane Metro Magazine Vol. 1 Issue 10, Dec 2000
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The State Capitol of North Carolina is one of the nation's great historic structures. Lea discusses the history of its construction and expansion through the years and the work in the 1990s of Capitol Historian Raymond Beck and historical paint expert George Fore that restored the interior's original 1840s paint scheme.
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In 1995, the city of Raleigh asked the architectural firm of Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee to evaluate the possibility of adding two halls to the existing Memorial Auditorium. Lea describes the challenges the firm met and dealt with over the ensuing five years to bring the new BTI Center for the Performing Arts to completion in 2001.
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Hope Plantation, in Windsor in Bertie County, was built in the early 1800s by David Stone, who was governor of North Carolina, 1808-1810. It is the state's finest example of Palladian-style architecture. Lea describes the building's history and how it was rescued and restored. Restoration on Hope began in 1965.
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The historic town of Warrenton, in Warren County, is undergoing a renaissance with its own 19th century homes. Through the efforts of Preservation North Carolina and private citizens, historic preservation has become a force in the community, as many of the huge Antebellum homes are coming back into use, some as museums, some as private homes.
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The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum and the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum, both under construction, will reflect, when completed in 2003, the heritage of coastal Carolina. Both are located on Harkers Island. Core Sound will celebrate the art of decoying, and the Graveyard Museum will contain maritime history represented by the shipwrecks.
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Two new mega-malls that recently opened, The Streets at Southpoint in Durham and Triangle Town Center in North Raleigh, are more than just shopping centers. Lea describes them from an architectural point of view.
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Metro Magazine
(NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 3 Issue 6, Sept 2002,
p26-30, 32-33, il
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North Carolina State University's J.C. Raulston Arboretum has been called a \"place of peace and beauty amid the bustle of West Raleigh.\" The internationally recognized arboretum recently opened the long-awaited Ruby C. McSwain Education Center. Lea describes this new addition.
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Washington, referred to locally as \"Little Washington,\" was founded in 1776 in Beaufort County along the Pamlico River. Lea describes the town which is a place rich in history and preserved architectural structures. Many trendy shops and restaurants line the streets, and a modern-day artist's colony thrives there.
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Reidsville's Chinqua-Penn Plantation is Rockingham County's main tourist attraction. The 27-room mansion was built in the 1920s by Betsy and Thomas Jefferson Penn and is a blend of gardens, architecture, and works of art.
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Liberty Hall, located in Kenansville, Duplin County, is one of the Cape Fear region's most well-known Greek revival homes. Built by the Kenan family in the early 19th-century, the home was deeded in 1963 to the Duplin County School Board and the Board of County Commissioners who formed the Liberty Hall Restoration Commission.
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Tarboro was settled in 1732 and has been the county seat of Edgecombe County since 1741. It is a town rich in history. Tarboro and Boston are the country's only cities retaining town commons established by legislative act in 1760. The commons in Tarboro is surrounded by a forty-five block historic district. Lea discusses the history and architecture of the town and how Tarboro coped with the great flood produced by Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
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