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Center City Greensboro Historic Architecture

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Tour Overview

Take a walk off the beaten path and explore our city from the perspective of architecture and history! Greensboro grew into one of the largest cities in the state in the late ninetheenth and early twentieth centuries, and a strong preservation ethic has saved many of these buildings from destruction. This tour features a notable collection of landmark buildings that include the Methodist Protestant Publishing House (1897), the Greensboro Loan & Trust Building (1902), and the Carolina Theatre (1927). The tour showcases works of architects J. H. Hopkins, Jules de Sibour, Charles Hartmann, and others along Greene, Washington, and Elm streets while identifying major themes in American architecture including Romanesque, Neoclassicism, and Art Deco.

Stops

  1. Stop 1: Guilford County Courthouse, 301 West Market Street

  2. Stop 2: Governmental Plaza, 210 South Greene Street

  3. Stop 3: West Market Street Methodist Church, 302 West Market Street

  4. Stop 4: U. S. Post Office and Courthouse, 324 West Market Street

  5. Stop 5: Michael Sherwood House, 426 West Friendly Avenue

  6. Stop 6: David Weir House, 223 North Edgeworth Street

  7. Stop 7: Masonic Temple, 426 West Market Street

  8. Stop 8: Blandwood Mansion, 447 West Washington Street

  9. Stop 9: Carolina Theatre, 310 South Greene Street

  10. Stop 10: J. W. Scott Building, 113-115 West Washington Street

  11. Stop 11: The Cone Export and Commission Company Building, 111 West Washington Street

  12. Stop 12: Cascade Saloon, 408-410 South Elm Street

  13. Stop 13: Old Southern Railway Passenger Depot, 400 South Elm Street

  14. Stop 14: Thomas Bailey Store House, 358 South Elm Street

  15. Stop 15: J. W. Jones Building, 345-347 South Elm Street

  16. Stop 16: Odell Hardware Company Office and Warehouse, 235-327 South Elm Street

  17. Stop 17: Greensboro Loan & Trust Banking House, 319 South Elm Street

  18. Stop 18: Wharton Block, 318 – 320 South Elm Street

  19. Stop 19: Weill Block, 314-316 South Elm Street

  20. Stop 20: The Methodist Publishing House, 304 South Elm Street

  21. Stop 21: Price Building, 300-302 South Elm Street

  22. Stop 22: Greensboro Southern Railway Station, 300 East Washington Street

  23. Stop 23: Brown Flats, 195-201 Lyndon Street

  24. Stop 24: Carolina Cadillac Company Building, 304 East Market Street

  25. Stop 25: Vernon Building, 236-238 South Elm Street

  26. Stop 26: S. H. Kress Building, 212 South Elm Street

  27. Stop 27: The Ellis-Stone Department Store, 207 South Elm Street

  28. Stop 28: The Huffines Building, 201 South Elm Street

  29. Stop 29: The Dixie Fire and Insurance Company Building, 125 South Elm Street

  30. Stop 30: F. W. Woolworth Co. Building/ International Civil Rights Center & Museum, 132 South Elm Street

  31. Stop 31: Porter Drug Store/Hobbs-Mendenhall Building, 121 South Elm Street

  32. Stop 32: Jefferson Standard Building, 101 North Elm Street

  33. Stop 33: American Exchange National Bank Building (Southeastern Building), 100 North Elm Street

  34. Stop 34: Younts-DeBoe Building, 106-108 North Elm Street

  35. Stop 35: First Union National Bank, 122 North Elm Street

  36. Stop 36: Greensboro Historical Museum, 200 Church Street

  37. Stop 37: The Flatiron, 201 Summit Avenue

  38. Stop 38: St. Benedict’s Catholic Church, 435 North Elm Street

  39. Stop 39: Central Fire Station, 318 North Greene Street

  40. Stop 40: Central Public Library, 201 North Greene Street

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