FALL NEWSLETTER Firefly Preservation Consulting ~ 2017 |
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Above: The characteristic banks of nine-over-nine windows at the Allen Grove Rosenwald School, Halifax County, NC |
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Firefly Preservation Consulting has exciting news! We've expanded our service area to include not only the southeastern region (specializing in North Carolina and Tennessee), but also to include the midwestern region (specializing in Michigan, northern Ohio, and western Pennsylvania). We're looking forward to meeting new people, working with new communities, and seeing new places! |
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National Register Nominations |
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Arthur C. Nash House Listed October 2017 This house was built in 1926 for Arthur C. Nash, an architect known for Colonial Revival, Beaux-Arts, and Neoclassical styles in university, commercial, and residential buildings in the 1920s & 1930s. | | |
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West Martin School under review The West Martin School in Oak City includes a 1951 high school building with 1956 addition, 1952 gymtorium, 1957 elementary building, and 1971 cafeteria that served the African American students in rural Martin County. The National Register nomination is under review by the NC State Historic Preservation Office. (Project with hmwPreservation) |
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Canetuck School under review The Canetuck School is a two-teacher Rosenwald school built in 1921 to serve grades 1-6 in rural Pender County. The school closed in 1958 when it was consolidated with larger schools nearby, and now serves as a community center. The nomination is under review by the NC State Historic Preservation Office. (Project with hmwPreservation) |
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Bladen County Training School under review The Bladen County Training School is a ten-teacher Rosenwald school built in 1928 and added onto in 1931 to serve grades 1-12 Elizabethtown. The school closed in 1970 when it became an integrated elementary school. The nomination is under review by the NC State Historic Preservation Office. (Project with hmwPreservation) |
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Allen Grove School under review The Allen Grove School is a two-teacher Rosenwald school built in 1922 to serve grades 1-6 in rural Halifax County. The school closed in 1959 when it was consolidated with larger schools nearby, and now serves as a 4-H camp. The nomination is under review by the NC State Historic Preservation Office. (Project with hmwPreservation) |
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Castalia School under review The Castalia School is a three-teacher Rosenwald school built in 1921 to serve grades 1-6 in rural Nash County. The school closed in 1961 when it was consolidated with larger schools nearby, and now serves as a community center. The nomination is under review by the NC State Historic Preservation Office. (Project with hmwPreservation) |
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Concord School under review The Concord School is a two-teacher Rosenwald school built in 1922 to serve grades 1-7 in rural Franklin County. The school closed in 1955 when it was integrated with schools nearby, and now serves as a community center. The nomination is under review by the NC State Historic Preservation Office. (Project with hmwPreservation) |
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Lincoln Heights School under review The Lincoln Heights School is a six-teacher Rosenwald school built in 1924 to serve grades 1-11 in rural Wilkes County. The school closed in 1968 when it was consolidated with larger schools nearby, and now serves as a community center. The nomination is under review by the NC State Historic Preservation Office. (Project with hmwPreservation) |
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Mars Hill School under review The Mars Hill School is a two-teacher Rosenwald school built in 1928 to serve grades 1-8 in rural Madison County. The school closed in 1965 when it was integrated with schools nearby, and is being restored. The nomination is under review by the NC State Historic Preservation Office. (Project with hmwPreservation) |
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Local Landmark Nominations |
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Adams-Scott House under review The Adams-Scott House was built c.1900 for Dallas Adams, the pharmacist at the nearby Dorothea Dix Hospital. It is significant as an intact example of folk Victorian architecture, and features original four-over-four wood sash windows, an elaborate Victorian-style entrance door, and delicate Victorian porch brackets. |
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History of Turnipseed Nature Preserve complete The preserve is named for the Turnipseed Family who farmed tobacco on Marks Creek in southeastern Wake County along with generations of the Medlin, Nowell, and Plesants families. The Preserve is now open to the public. | | |
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