What do you give a National Historic Landmark for its 150th birthday?

How about a facelift to restore it to its original, pink-sandstone-colored grandeur?

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live and/or work in one of North Carolina's most important landmarks—in an attractive financial arrangement.

In over your head? Don't know where to turn? Preservation NC's Professional Associates Network can help!

Whether you're suffering from tax credit confusion, design deficiency or some other preservation-related ailment, look to our PAN experts for a range of services and assistance.

Each year the Society of Architectural Historians presents the Antoinette Forrester Downing Award for a publication devoted to historical topics in preservation.

This year's winner is Catherine W. Bishir, Senior Architectural Historian for Preservation NC, for her book of collected essays, Southern Built: American Architecture, Regional Practice (University of Virginia Press, 2006).

The Raleigh Historic Districts Commission and Preservation NC brought Charleston SC mayor Joe Riley to Raleigh on May 4, 2008, to talk about historic preservation in his city. The entire talk is broadcast below thanks to the Raleigh Television Network.

Dollars and cents needed for buckets, brushes and more!

If you know about Coolmore, the late 1850s plantation mansion of J.J.W. and Martha Powell near Tarboro, you probably know about its paint. After architect E. G. Lind designed the grand Italianate villa for Dr. and Mrs. Powell, he sent Ernst Dreyer, a painter and native of St. Petersburg, Russia, from Baltimore to Tarboro to help appoint the interiors. Dreyer's stunning frescoes still adorn Coolmore, most brilliantly in the trompe-l'oeil panels of the grand stair hall.

Now it is the exterior of this national treasure that needs painting again. And that's quite a job, given the intricate woodwork, arched windows and signature cupola on this monumental home. Nearly 500 gallons of paint will be required to paint the main house and its surrounding outbuildings.

Preservation North Carolina has two houses available for in Edenton Cotton Mill Village. That means two chances for creative people to join this unique community.

A highlight of Preservation North Carolina's annual conference is the presentation of awards honoring the efforts of the state's ardent preservationists. The following people and organizations were recognized in Raleigh at the 2007 annual conference.