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11/05/2017

Preservation Durham will be hosting their 2017 Fall Fundraiser at the newly renovated Cookery, an award winning adaptive reuse project! Please come out to support Preservation Durham's newly launched Preservation Equity Project. The evening will feature incredible local food from Sage & Swift, live…

09/03/2017

https://durhamnc.gov/3195/Future-of-the-Police-Headquarters-Site

Hey, Durham: Weigh in!

The City of Durham and a team of consultants are currently evaluating future options for re-use/re-development of the current Durham Police Department Headquarters site at 505 W. Chapel Hill.

12/08/2016

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article119011963.html

Two properties in Raleigh – John Chavis Memorial Park and the Nathaniel Jones Jr. House – are among 16 sites added to the National Register of Historic Places.

08/24/2016

When developers demolish an iconic to***co auction house in the name of revitalization, they not only displace a community of artists, they also threaten the soul of the community. Just whom is this “progress” for?

05/10/2016

We can always learn more. This new information is revolutionary!

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/us/james-monroes-home-may-not-have-been-so-humble-after-all.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160510&nlid=16546102&tntemail0=y&_r=0

Visitors to Highland, Monroe’s estate, have toured a modest cottage, thinking it was his home. New evidence suggests he actually lived in a mansion on the property.

05/02/2016

We were delighted by the Tallywood Sign (and dismayed by the state of the shopping mall) when we did the Fayetteville Modern Survey in 2009. Now the sign is in danger of being demolished, and there is a petition aiming to preserve it.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/preserve-the-tallywood-sign

I just signed a petition at iPetitions.com. Please join me in supporting this important cause!

04/28/2016

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article74211222.html

The former Jack Tar Motor Lodge in downtown Durham will be rebranded as an Unscripted Hotel after its renovation is complete.

03/28/2016

More details on the upcoming Preservation Durham Home Tour and associated events!

Bull City Bungalow Days
Saturday, April 23 - Sunday, April 24
12:00 - 4:00 pm
Tour Headquarters: Geer Street Garden, 644 Foster Street, Durham

Advance tickets (on sale now!) - $21.50 (includes sales tax)
Day-of tickets - $26.50
Student tickets - $11.50
Kids under 12 are free

Attendees can see all the houses on one day or split them between both days. See the houses in any order. Self guided tour - using the map included in the booklet.


All About Bungalows - pre-tour lecture
Wednesday, April 20
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Temple Building, 302 W. Main Street, Durham

Myrick Howard, ED of Preservation North Carolina and a Durham native, will talk about the different styles and history of bungalows.

Free and open to the public.


Pre-Tour Party
Saturday, April 16
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Tom Miller's House, 1110 Virginia Ave, Durham

Mix and mingle with Tour Homeowners, Volunteers and PD Supporters. We would really appreciate a good turn out of Board members to thank our homeowners and volunteers.

Ticket - $50 - includes a tour ticket
Volunteer ticket - $40
RSVP by April 11

Check out the PD website for more info: http://preservationdurham.org

Durham is a preservation town. Our favorite places have age, patina and authenticity. They tell our story – one of scrappy entrepreneurism, creative reinvention and stubborn optimism. Who We Are Preservation ...

03/24/2016

For Preservation Durham, 2016 is the year of the bungalow. The bungalow is the first truly American house form not derived from European antecedents. Bungalows dominated residential construction across the country from the time of the First World War right up to the Great Depression. Many thousan…

02/19/2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/travel/deborah-berke-yale-architecture.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160219&nlid=16546102&tntemail0=y

A great historic rehab that used preservation tax credits *and* put a woefully underused building back to full use in our lovely little downtown Durham. I had the pleasure of working on the tax credit application and seeing the project from start to fabulous finish. Go enjoy the art!

A conversation with the architect Deborah Berke, the first female dean of the Yale School of Architecture, about bringing art into hotels.

01/07/2016

Arcaded wing walls are pretty dear, too. Look it up.


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-a-field-guide-to-american-houses.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160107&nlid=16546102&tntemail0=y&_r=0

Virginia McAlester’s book scrutinizes the nation’s homes, brick by brick.