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for North Carolina Preservation Vol. Issue 114, Winter 1999
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Abstract:
In 1997, Preservation North Carolina purchased the Glencoe Mill site, built in the 1880s in Alamance County. Besides the mill and other buildings, there are thirty-five original mill houses on the 105-acre property. Preservation North Carolina is selling the houses, which have architectural restrictions, to buyers who will restore and occupy them.
Abstract:
Designed by Wilmington architect Leslie Boney, Jr., and built in 1924, Grainger High School in Kinston stands as an example of its architect's colonial style of work. In 1989, the school closed and was purchased by Robert Hill and family and Hillco Ltd. In 1999, the Hill family donated it to North Carolina Preservation. The building will be restored to provide housing to the elderly.
Abstract:
Colleges and universities view their historic buildings in one of two ways. Either they are an asset, providing the school with continuity and enrichment, or they are seen as a place of use until a new building can be constructed. Howard compares Brown University, where the old buildings are preserved, with the University of North Carolina where many are not.