Tag Archives: The State Historic Preservation Office

Historic Preservation Grants Fund Ten N.C. Projects

RALEIGH–The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources today announced $84,164 in grant support to 10 historic preservation projects in eight counties around the state. Projects range from GIS mapping of historical areas in the Pitt County city of Greenville; to the preparation of a National Register nomination for the East Sanford Historic District, the [...]

The Humber House and Preservation Salvation

GREENVILLE – The Humber House in Greenville isn’t what it used to be. It’s better. Once home to the visionary legislator Robert Lee Humber Jr. and his prominent family, the 1895 structure had fallen into disrepair. It has been restored to its former glory, complete with modern updates and now serves as the [...]

Fifty Years to the National Register

RALEIGH – The Wilbur and Martha Carter House in Greensboro, built in 1951, is one of North Carolina’s most recent additions to the National Register of Historic Places. The ’50s period modernist dwelling fits the profile of many 1950s vintage boomers: trendsetting and with a humanistic strain.
It was one of 56 properties nominated in 2008 [...]