The Chapel Hill–based publisher has sponsored numerous books about North Carolina historic architecture and history.
About the Award
The L. Vincent Lowe Jr. Business Award is the highest honor presented to a North Carolina business showing vision and creativity in promoting the protection of the state's architectural resources.
The award is named in memory of L. Vincent Lowe, Jr., of Wilson, a longtime friend and supporter of historic causes in North Carolina.
For many decades, UNC Press has advanced historic preservation in North Carolina through the publication of numerous books about North Carolina historic architecture, as well as its history.
Indeed, the 1939 founding of Preservation North Carolina (then the North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities) came about as a spin‐off from a book published by the Press.
More recently, for the last quarter century, David Perry at the Press has been a valuable resource for preservationists. His own love for North Carolina’s built heritage is always apparent in working with David, who has helped bring out many titles that otherwise may not have been published in North Carolina. Sometimes these books take more than a decade from concept to publication.
Among many notable books published by the Press include North Carolina Architecture (1990), Sticks and Stones, the three regional guidebooks to North Carolina architecture, the portable version of North Carolina Architecture, and most recently Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color. Many of these books have been supported by an endowment established by Richard H. Jenrette, a PNC Cannon Cup winner.
The Press also has published dozens of books of more local interest.
UNC Press has been a great ally for the cause of historic preservation in North Carolina, publishing works that have withstood the test of time — just like the buildings that they feature.
