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4259
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Born in Virginia in 1801, Thomas Day, a free African-American craftsman, created furniture that is much in demand today. In the 1820s he moved to Milton is Caswell County, where he established a cabinetmaking business that employed both blacks and whites and served a racially mixed clientele. Day died in 1861.
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4260
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Preservation North Carolina has purchased the Glencoe Cotton Mill and village in Alamance County. Built in 1880, the mill produced flannel until production ceased in 1954. The mill is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been nominated to become a National Historic Landmark. Plans call for preservation of the thirty-five mill homes, mill building, hydroelectric power plant, and other structures.
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4263
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Originating in 1948, the Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award is the state's most prestigious preservation award and is given for outstanding achievement in historic preservation. Gwynne S. Taylor of Winston-Salem received the 1990 award. Her preservation activities include authoring numerous National Register nominations, being a recognized expert on architecture in Forsyth County, and serving as president of the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina from 1987 to 1990.
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4267
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The Minnette C. Duffy Landscape Award is the state's highest award for preservation, restoration, or maintenance of grounds related to historic structures. Greensboro's Fisher Park Neighborhood Association received the 1990 award for its efforts in the restoration and reforestation of Fisher Park.
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4268
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The Robert E. Stipe Professional Award is the state's highest award given to working professionals demonstrating outstanding commitment to historic preservation as part of their job. Thomas R. Butchko, an historic preservation consultant with the Archaeology and Historic Preservation Section of the State Division of Archives and History, received the 1990 award for his research and writing. His work includes National Register nominations and publications on architecture in Sampson and Pasquotank Counties.
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4269
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr. award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in the state. The Prince Charles Development Company in Fayetteville received the 1990 award for restoring the eight story Prince Charles Hotel in the downtown area. Built in 1925, the hotel was an elegant showplace, but by the 1980s it had fallen into ruin. Had not the Price Charles Company bought it for restoration, it would have been demolished.
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4270
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The Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit recognizes organizations and individuals demonstrating strong commitment to promotion of historical preservation. The 1990 winners of Award of Merit include Susan Moffat of New Bern, Frank C. Branan of Raleigh, James F. Kilpatrick, Jr., of Greensboro, and North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount.
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The Minnette C. Duffy Award is the state's highest award for preservation, restoration, or maintenance of grounds related to historic structures. The Bethania Historical Association, Inc. received the 1991 award. Along with fifty surrounding acres, Bethania, founded in 1759, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. To prevent the loss of historic land to development, the association recently added 500 acres of surrounding landscape to its National Register District.
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The Robert E. Stipe Professional Award is the state's highest award given to working professionals demonstrating outstanding commitment to historic preservation as part of their job. Renee Gledhill-Earley, the 1991 recipient, has been the state's environmental review coordinator since 1981. In this capacity she has overseen the review of 11,000 state and federal planning projects and ensured the protection of countless historic structures from demolition or damaging treatment.
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4273
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The Humphrey-Williams-Smith Plantation in Robeson County, and its owners, descendants of the original owner who established it in 1792, received the 1991 BARN-AGAIN! Farm Heritage Award. A national program sponsored by the National Trust and SUCCESSFUL FARMING magazine, BARN-AGAIN! seeks to preserve historic farm buildings and promotes their use agriculturally. The well-preserved, working 556-acre farms has buildings dating back to 1784, in addition to a 3,000-volume library dating back to 1792.
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The Stedman Incentive Grant assists non-profit organizations in efforts to save endangered architecturally and historically significant property. The Gates County Historical Society received the 1991 award. The Gates County Courthouse, built in 1836 and used until 1976, was slated for demolition until the society rescued it to reuse it as a library, museum, and cultural center. The society will use the grant to assist in restoration of the courthouse's roof and guttering.
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Charles P. Gaylor, III, a Wayne County native, received the 1991 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, the state's most prestigious preservation award. A lawyer, Gaylor served on the North Carolina Attorney General's Commission on Preservation Law. His efforts led to saving the 1875 Weil Houses in Goldsboro from demolition. He is a former president of Preservation North Carolina and has served on the Goldsboro Historic District Commission.
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The Gertrude S. Carraway Award for Merit recognizes organizations and individuals demonstrating strong commitment to promotion of historical preservation. Among the twelve winners for 1991 are the Almanac County Historical Properties Commission of Graham, Betty Perry of Raleigh, and James and Josephine Worsley.
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr., Award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in the state. When the old Farmers Market in Raleigh moved across town, the Logan Trading Company, a nursery, needed new quarters. The old Seaboard Railway Station, built in 1941-42 and abandoned in 1986, provided the space. The Logan Trading Company received the 1991 award for seeing the advantages in recycling an old structure to meet new business requirements.
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4278
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Decreasing membership and changing space needs are among factors that place historic church buildings in small towns and rural areas at risk. Deciding what to do with an aging church or one that the congregation has outgrown are the biggest challenges parishioners can face. Decisions can lead to a church becoming a homecoming church, one used once a year; a transitional church, or one receiving minimal maintenance; and an adaptive church, or one used for purposes other than religious.
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