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Sunset Hills Historic District is a national historic district located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 912 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 13 contributing structures in a predominantly middle- to upper-class residential section of Greensboro.
These included more than $1 million from the State of North Carolina, a contribution from the Bryan Foundation, more than $200,000 each from the City of Greensboro and Guilford County, [4] and $148,152 from the U.S. Department of Interior through the National Park Service Agency's Save America's Treasures program in 2005. [5]
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]
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]
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina is an $88 million [1] 3,023-seat performing arts facility. [2] Its first public performance was a September 2021 concert [1] which was followed by an official opening in November 2021. [3]
Fisher Park Historic District is a national historic district in the Fisher Park neighborhood, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 541 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 44 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Greensboro.
The Tanger Family Bicentennial Garden is a historical garden and visitor center located in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was created in 1976 to recognize and honor the 200th anniversary of the United States (its bicentennial). The garden features a man-made circulating stream, a wedding gazebo, and a variety of artistic and historical sculptures.
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.