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The name "Union" was already used for the neighborhood. Union Street was nearby, and Union Cemetery was created by three area churches. A four-story building was planned by Fall 2016. [5] In April 2014 The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation of Greater Greensboro pledged $4 million toward the nearly $40 million cost of the 103,000-square-foot building.
J. Douglas Galyon Depot, [1] also known as Greensboro station, is an intermodal transit facility in Greensboro, North Carolina. Located at 236 East Washington Street in downtown Greensboro, it serves Amtrak passenger rail and is the city's main hub for local and intercity buses. The station was built in 1927.
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]
NC 119 north (Second Street) West end of NC 119 overlap: 257.7: 414.7: NC 119 south (Fifth Street) East end of NC 119 overlap: Orange 265.0: 426.5: NC 86 Truck south to I-40 / I-85 – Greensboro: West end of NC 86 Truck overlap; westbound left exit and eastbound entrance: Hillsborough: 266.8: 429.4
The right-of-way of the Urban Loop and its interchanges between South Elm-Eugene Street and Huffine Mill Road was annexed by the city of Greensboro in 2005. The final segment to be built, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) between North Elm Street and I-785/ US 29 , opened to traffic on January 23, 2023.
South Greensboro Historic District, also known as the Asheboro Street Historic District, is a national historic district located in the Southside neighborhood, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 327 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 10 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in a ...
The Woolworth's store is notable as the site of the Greensboro sit-ins of 1960. [2] [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, with a reevaluation in 2003, and boundary adjustments in 2023. [1] The most recent changes included adding city and country government buildings completed by 1975. [4]
Before the 1950s, there was a small Catholic population in Greensboro, so a traveling priest would come and hold Mass at what is now St. Benedict's Church in downtown Greensboro. Our Lady of Grace was conceived of, and funded as, a memorial by Julian Price, a Baptist, to his deceased Catholic wife, Ethel Clay Price.