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19330
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British colonists began constructing royal governor William Tryon's palace in 1767 complete with landscaped grounds. Plans or details concerning the landscaping do not exist but when but historical drawings of New Bern and archaeological excavations around the property influenced the contemporary gardens. Morley Jeffers Williams advised the layout of the recreated 18th-century English gardens around the palace, and his designs and procedures are described.
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1338
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Exemplifying the trend for North Carolina's colleges and universities to value and renovate their older buildings, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has renovated Old East, the oldest state university-owned building in the country.
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1454
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Habitat for Humanity is an international nonprofit organization that builds and finances homes for low-income families. North Carolina is the fifth most productive state in Habitat construction, and Charlotte has the nation's most active affiliate.
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Art gallery owner John Cram restored and redesigned Kenilworth Garden in Asheville, a series of twenty-three theme gardens, each suited to its topography, nestled in a wooded cove at the edge of a man-made lake.
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1326
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Originally built in 1908, the Balsam Mountain Inn, near Waynesville, one of the last of western North Carolina's grand hotels, was restored and reopened in 1991.
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1461
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Over the last ten years, North Carolina nurserymen have expanded their capacity to furnish gardeners nationwide with plants grown in the state. The article lists thirty nurseries with addresses, phone numbers, and selections.
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1339
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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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1458
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Orton Plantation, built in the 1730s on the lower Cape Fear, has witnessed 250 years of North Carolina history and is a standing reminder of North Carolina's heritage. The gardens are open to the public from March to November.
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1575
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The author describes the life and work of Sarah Blakeslee, transplanted North Carolina painter and consort of Francis Speight, a well-known native North Carolina painter.
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1341
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Dee and Rick Ray, owners of Charlotte-based Raycom Inc., have restored the old Duke Mansion, built by James Buchanan Duke and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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1577
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A profile and history of four historic inns in Pinehurst.
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19336
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The Inn School is a renovated bed and breakfast with a long history. The building, once the Bingham School, exhibits three distinct architectural periods including: 18th-century log cabin, Federal style addition (1801), and Greek Revival elements (1836). Originally purchased by the North Carolina Historic Preservation Foundation and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, it is now privately owned and maintained as a small inn.
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1328
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Chapel Hill native William McCranor Henderson, a former screenwriter and the author of I KILLED HEMINGWAY and STARK RAVING ELVIS, takes a walk down memory lane upon his return to the homestead.
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1460
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Completed in the spring of 1992, NationsBank Corporate Center is a $300 million, 60-story statement of NationsBank's prominent role in making Charlotte the new banking capital of the South.
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1462
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Asheville's 95 year-old Manor Inn was saved from the wrecker's ball in 1989 by the intervention of the Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County. In 1991, Pam and Jim Turner bought the Manor Inn and converted it into apartments.
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