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8241
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In June 2006, the North Carolina General Assembly created a new tax incentive for the adaptive use of vacant historic agricultural, manufacturing, and utility buildings. The law provides enhanced tax credits for the historic rehabilitation of buildings that have been substantially vacant for at least two years. The rehabilitation costs must exceed $3 million.
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23765
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Robert Griffin started Griffin Architects and Fireside Antiques in 1979 and takes on a variety of projects, from historic structures to custom homes.
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28651
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The Coinjock Colored School in Barco, NC is one of about 800 Rosenwald Schools that were built in North Carolina. The school was recently moved to a new location and will be renovated as a shop and a museum. This will allow the school and stories from former students like Lorraine Perry to be preserved. The history of the school, the Rosenwald Schools, and life as a African American student in the segregated South are told.
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11063
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Over the years many of the state's fine old homes and buildings with genuine historic value have been demolished and in their place are motels, stores, office buildings, or parking lots. The question is how can the past be preserved when progress needs the space? One answer is adaptive use, or using the buildings for a purpose otherwise intended.
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30805
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Due to limited appropriations, the Capital Building restoration project will only include the restoration of the roof and exteriors. The governor's and secretary of state's offices have temporarily been moved to the NC Administration Building.
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Gutted by fire in 1985, the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Charlotte has risen from the ashes in a new guise - the Tryon Center for Visual Art. Restored through a $7 million grant from Bank of America, the center provides three-month grants and work space to national and international artists. It is also a place where young and old can take classes, artists can exhibit, and local artists can lease space for a small fee.
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A number of North Carolina cities are redeveloping proud symbols of their past. These include Goldsboro's downtown Union Station and Durham's minor league baseball field, the Durham Athletic Park, former home of the Durham Bulls.
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486
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Tarboro used an imaginative combination of downtown revitalization and historic preservation to create new opportunities for economic growth and development.
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4811
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The Balsam Mountain Inn, a resort hotel at Balsam; the Richmond Hill Inn, a grand Victorian mansion in Asheville; the Holly Inn, a Pinehurst retreat; and the First Colony Inn, a coastal inn at Nags Head, all treasured landmarks, have been restored and returned to their former glories.
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34525
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Despite the recession, this may be the time to buy historic houses in need of restoration. In North Carolina, tax incentives, lower renovation costs, reasonable purchase prices, and low interest rates can help homeowners make the most of their restoration projects.
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41322
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A group of physicians purchased a building whose architectural history makes it a landmark. From features such as the reconstructed hardwood floors, their restaurant still reflects Mount Pleasant Mercantile General Store’s community spirit.
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Mount Pleasant--Description and travel; Mercantile General Store--see also Mt. Pleasant Hosiery Mill; Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society and Museum ; Historic buildings; Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration; Community landmarks; Rural health services; Architecture--20th century--small towns--Marble; Downtown revitalization--North Carolina
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Restoring an historic home can be time consuming and costly, yet indescribably rewarding. The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina is in this business.
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7800
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Innovative projects are bringing historic mill buildings back to life all across North Carolina. No longer eyesores, renovated mills have become desirable features in the economic and social fabric of their communities. Renovated buildings become sites for restaurants, stores, and condominiums. Among topics discussed are the costs of renovation, quality of original construction, impact on the neighborhood, and local participation.
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3645
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The 1997 General Assembly enacted new state tax credit laws to make rehabilitating historic buildings and residences more attractive. The goal is not to preserve them as museums but to preserve them for continued use.
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34520
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Due to the revolving funds and hard work of the PNC, hundreds of properties have been saved from certain foreclosure and condemnation. This article features work done on six historic structures that have recently been saved by PNC and bought by private homeowners. Ranging from Civil War Union field hospitals to a funeral home in Wilmington, these properties are given new life by homeowners.
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North Carolina Preservation
(NoCar Oversize E 151 N6x), Vol. 148 Issue , Winter 2014-2015,
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