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36579
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A house restored to its former glory has been home in many ways since its construction by Peter Demens, co-founder of St. Petersburg, Florida. Illustrations of its illustrious history: stop-off in the social scene of the 1890s and 1910s; site for the Ida Jolly Crawley Museum of Art and Archaeology, Asheville’s first public museum.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 12 Issue 10, October 2015,
p120
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36588
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The only girls’ camp listed on the National Register of Historic Places leaves a multilayered legacy. Girls participating in its three and four week programs experience traditional activities like archery along with coppersmithing. Attesting summer camps’ influence was the number of children attending Western North Carolina camps in 2010, 53,000 in the cited economic impact study. Another benefit was represented in that year’s revenue, noted in the study as 365 million statewide and 33 million locally for camps in four WNC counties.
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36988
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One of the two standing antebellum depots in North Carolina becomes part of history in the making as a site for weddings and transportation museum opened year around. Its architectural history is still in view in parts of the original structure intact, such as its doors and ceiling beams. Ways it has played a part of the state’s history was Confederate headquarters and stop on the Wilmington to Weldon railroad line.
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37012
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Emblazoned with the Lucky Strikes cigarettes symbol, it’s a reminder of a time when four fifths of the United States’ tobacco products came from Durham’s American Tobacco Company. The company still has a presence in town as the American Tobacco Campus, complete with historic buildings and courtyard.
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37623
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Old mills and factories in towns such as Roxboro, Rocky Mount, Edenton, Greensboro, Winston-Salem have been offered new lives. Buildings constructed to enhance the state’s tobacco and textile industries now houses buildings such as a public school, arts and sciences center, nature conservancy, biotechnical plant, condominiums, and medical office complex.
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37873
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Civil War Schooner in Pasquotank River among 15 proposed for National Register.
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38123
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Withstanding the test of time is one of the few schools of its kind in Halifax County: Allen Grove Rosenwald School. Making history is a facility on the National Register of Historic Places and started in 1921 to provide an education for African American children.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 10 Issue 4, August/September 2018,
p52-53
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38132
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History in terms of town life and family homestead, otherwise hidden away in Washington County, has been offered renown. Maintained on donations since the last dwellers’ deaths in the 1970s, the Davenport House offers glimpses of late 18th-century life through artifacts of daily living from that time period such as open hearth and corn crib.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 10 Issue 6, December 2018,
p18-20
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38135
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Purchased and passed down by various family members, the Asa Biggs house was sold by its final owners to the Martin County Historical Society. Its size and architectural style reflect Biggs’ growing family and experience with buildings in the New Orleans area. From efforts of citizens and groups, the house reflecting 1840s life is open for public tours. It contains artifacts related to Asa Biggs, Williamston, and Martin County, as well as the Francis M. Manning History and Research Room.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 10 Issue 6, December 2018,
p34-36
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Biggs, Asa, 1811-1878; Historic houses--Martin County; Asa Biggs House ; Asa Biggs House (Williamston); Civil War--Williamston; Architecture--Martin County; Architecture--Hall and parlor style; Crawford, Martha Cotton Biggs; National Register of Historic Places--North Carolina; Manning, Francis; Martin County Historical Society
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39586
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Revolution Mill, representing the mill district, was once an economic powerhouse in Greensboro. Currently, there’s the potential to offer an economic boost to the community. Businesses with this potential include Self Help, a Durham based credit union; apartments; and the New York based LT Apparel Group. Revolution Mills and its community also offers a synthesis of old and new. Revolution Mills’ structure is maintaining its architectural integrity, while the surrounding area caters to modern tastes such as bicycling and hiking trails.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 9, September 2017,
p52-57
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40457
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Images of historical buildings such as St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and information about citizens like Penelope Barker collectively illustrated the importance of North Carolina’s first colonial capital. Revealed is the important role women continue to play in Edenton’s development in this timeline statistic: approximately 70 percent of its entrepreneurs are female.
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Edenton; Edenton Tea Party (1774); Edenton--History; Barker, Penelope Padgett, 1728-1796; Edenton--People; Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779; Williamson, Hugh, 1735-1819; Iredell, James, 1751-1799; Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897; Civil War--Battle of Albemarle Sound--Edenton ; CSS ALBEMARLE (Ironclad); Edenton Cotton Mill (Chowan County); Edenton Peanut Factory; St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Edenton); Privott, Haywood C., 1862-1931; Chowan County Courthouse (Edenton); Cupola House (Edenton); Penelope Barker House (Edenton); Roanoke River Lighthouse; James Iredell House (Edenton); Lane House (Edenton); Corbin, Francis--Lord Granville's Agent; Architecture--Jacobean style ; Architecture, Queen Anne style; National Register of Historic Places--North Carolina
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40628
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Aberdeen doesn’t play second fiddle, reputation wise, to neighboring golfing meccas like Pinehurst, thanks to factors such as companies with historic ties in the region, businesses catering to local military, and events reflecting its Scottish settler past.
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Aberdeen--Description and travel; Pinehurst--Description and travel; Historic buildings--Aberdeen Coca Cola Bottling Company; Military bases; Golfing; Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad Company; Scots--North Carolina--Immigration; Golfing resorts--Moore County ; Union Station Railroad Museum (Aberdeen); Railroad museums--North Carolina; National Register of Historic Places--North Carolina
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40661
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The Historic Bath Garden Club recreates the twelve days of Christmas, 18th-century style, at historic sites such as the Bonner House and Palmer Marsh House. This event highlights those citizens' version of the season, such as sparser decorations, plus a greater emphasis on companionship and January 6th.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 8 Issue 6, November/December 2019,
p28-31
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Historic Bath Garden Club; Bath--History; Bath--Description and travel; Historic buildings--Bath--Joseph Bonner House; Bonner, Joseph; Lawson, John, 1674-1712; Historic buildings--Bath--Palmer-Marsh House; National Register of Historic Places--North Carolina; Architecture--Victorian style; Christmas--North Carolina--Ante-Bellum Period; Christmas--History--North Carolina