"Thirty-one properties and districts across the state, including the East Main Street Historic District immediately southeast of downtown Brevard, have been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources announced this week.

Brevard saw most of its growth during the first two decades of the 20th century and the post-WWII period due both to its reputation as a tourist destination and industrial development taking place in the area. The predominantly residential historic district displays a wide-ranging mix of nationally popular architectural styles common to late 19th- and 20th-century neighborhoods in the state."

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Blue Ridge Now (9/23/2010)

"The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources is pleased to announce that 31 individual properties and districts across the state have been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The following properties were reviewed by the North Carolina National Register Advisory Committee, and were subsequently approved by the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Officer and forwarded to the Keeper of the National Register:"

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Garner News (9/25/2010)

"Dr. Anna Pauline (Pauli) Murray became an activist in her twenties, later emerging as a leader in the civil rights and women’s rights movements . . . Today, the one-and-a-half story I-house where Pauli grew up sits far back from the road up against a cemetery.  It stands tall and distinct from the other houses around it, but is vacant, rancid, trashed and constantly broken into by vagrants.  For years now the community organized meetings to figure out how the house can be saved.  Finally, thanks to the Pauli Murray Project, the talking is turning into action.  Baby steps, but action!"

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National Trust for Historic Preservation: Preservation Nation (9/24/2010)

"The National Trust for Historic Preservation is home to the Preservation Career Center, a jobs board and resource center dedicated to allowing preservationists to pursue their passion. We recently stumbled upon HISTPRES, a website and resume review business that focuses on finding jobs in historic preservation for young professionals."

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Preservation Nation (9/22/2010)

Swamplawn is the unusual name of an old house in Martin County. Out of Swamplawn came four prominent North Carolinian legislators. But what will happen to the house?
WRAL-TV (9/20/2010)

Swamplawn is available for restoration through Preservation NC. Learn more . . .