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It subsequently housed the Greensboro Public Library, the Greensboro Historical Museum, and the Greensboro Art Center. [3] The historic building functions as one part of the current, larger Greenboro History Museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]
The International Civil Rights Center and Museum was designed by Freelon Group of Durham, North Carolina, and exhibits were designed by Eisterhold Associates of Kansas City, Missouri. It has 30,000 square feet (2,800 m 2 ) of exhibit space occupying the ground floor and basement, and office space on the top floor.
The Greensboro Complex, formerly known as the Greensboro Coliseum Complex, is an entertainment and sports complex located in Greensboro, North Carolina.Opened in 1959, the complex holds eight venues that includes an amphitheater, arena, aquatic center, banquet hall, convention center, museum, theatre, and an indoor pavilion.
The military park was established on March 2, 1917. It was transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933. As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the military park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, when it was established. [5]
English: This is the former Woolworth's Department Store, located on Elm Street in the downtown business district of Greensboro, North Carolina. Now home to the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, the building is a contributing structure in the Downtown Greensboro Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Greensboro (/ ˈ ɡ r iː n z b ə r oʊ / ⓘ; [5] locally / ˈ ɡ r iː n z b ʌr ə /) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States.At the 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 302,296 in 2023. [6]
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.
Blandwood Mansion is a historic house museum at 447 West Washington Street in Greensboro, North Carolina.Originally built as a four-room Federal style farmhouse in 1795, it was home to two-term North Carolina governor John Motley Morehead (1841-1844) under whose ownership it was transformed into its present appearance.