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February 02, 2012 |
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Leopold Adler, II, of Savannah, passed away on January 29. Long a proponent of historic preservation, Adler played a role in preservation efforts throughout the nation, including North Carolina. Myrick Howard, Executive Director of Preservation North Carolina, remembers the many ways Adler helped PNC.
Lee was a mentor to many of the nation's leading preservationists. He was a passionate advocate for the use of revolving funds, and he took that message far and wide. He came to North Carolina in 1974 and was the keynote speaker at the Antiquities Society's last annual meeting, and our statewide revolving fund, the first of its kind in the country, was incorporated the next year. Through the work of North Carolina's fund, more than 600 historic properties have been preserved, resulting in the investment of more than $200 million. It wouldn't have happened without Lee's setting out a vision of what could be accomplished. For more than a decade, the National Trust did an annual conference session called "Real Estate is the Name of the Game." Lee instigated it, and he annually cajoled the Trust into doing it again and again. Scores would show up every year: some for the first time, others for the second or third -- or tenth. Every year the reviews were outstanding. Lee inspired us to dig in and make preservation work -- on the ground. He was quite the character, and he will be sorely missed. My deepest sympathy to Emma and other family members.
Read Adler's obituary here.
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Features
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January 31, 2012 |
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A report produced by the Preservation Green Lab of the National Trust for Historic Preservation provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the potential environmental benefit of building reuse.
This groundbreaking study, The Greenest Building: Quantifying the Environmental Value of Building Reuse, concludes that, when comparing buildings of equivalent size and function, building reuse almost always offers environmental savings over demolition and new construction.
The report's key findings offer policy-makers, building owners, developers, architects and engineers compelling evidence of the merits of reusing existing buildings as opposed to tearing them down and building new.
Read more...
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Statewide News Roundup
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January 30, 2012 |
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"Kannapolis resident Jamison Lee bought the Harvey Jeremiah Peeler house for $130,000 in 2004 and has worked for seven years to restore the home.
“I just walked by it and fell in love with it,” he said. “It was so sad that it was in disrepair.”
Built in 1923, the house is the first Kannapolis mill village home to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Lee recently completed most of the restoration on the house and is now using an office on the second floor for his business, Jigsaw Digital Inc. He also plans to open the site for lease as a venue for special events and professional office space.
Located at 101 South Ridge Ave. in Kannapolis, the Craftsman and Colonial Revival style home is adjacent to Cannon Village and the North Carolina Research Campus. It is one of just a few private homes in the village not built by Cannon Mills."
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Independent Tribune (1/28/2012)
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Statewide News Roundup
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January 30, 2012 |
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"The grand lady of a mansion overlooking the French Broad River looked more like a disheveled hag when Marge Michel first met her.
With boarded up windows, a sagging roof and cobwebs galore, Michel didn’t share her husband Jake’s instant attraction to the property. But the Michels went forward with the 1987 purchase of the historic mansion that was once home to former congressman and ambassador Richmond Pearson.
Two years later, the couple opened the Richmond Hill mansion as a luxury bed and breakfast. It had been painstakingly restored by the Preservation Society, which moved in a few years earlier to save the Queen Anne-style structure that was one of the most elegant structures in Asheville when it was built on a hillside overlooking the French Broad River in 1889.
The decrepit building had been transformed into a warm retreat that hosted untold weddings, anniversary parties and travelers seeking a quiet get-away. It glowed with life as tourists, and celebrities such as Robert Redford, slept in rooms named after historic figures, warmed themselves by its fireplace and dined in the elegant Gabrielle’s restaurant. A few friendly ghosts were known to pace its halls.
A March 2009 arson and financial troubles ended that, but it was all recalled Saturday in an afternoon ceremony marking the property’s glorious past and its new future as a wellness retreat."
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The Asheville Citizen-Times (1/28/2012)
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Statewide News Roundup
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January 26, 2012 |
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"The Statesville Planning Board held a brief meeting Tuesday night in which they mostly approved recommendations made to them by the Historic Preservation Commission for changes to the HPC guidelines.
The board approved sending seven changes to the guidelines to the city council, which has the final decision on the matter.
Among the matters the HPC considered were those dealing with replacement windows; the placement of satellite dishes; and those concerning impervious surfaces and surface water.
The HPC has decision-making power regarding the approval or denial of requests concerning work being done to the exterior of properties located in any of Statesville’s several historic districts. The commission uses the guidelines in helping its members make those decisions."
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Statesville Record & Landmark (1/25/2012)
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Statewide News Roundup
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January 26, 2012 |
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"Officials in Newton are hoping that a historic district designation for parts of the city will lead to a revitalized downtown.
The city has applied to be put on the National Register of Historic Places. On Monday, Anne Swallow, National Register Coordinator for the North Carolina Historic Preservation Office, spoke to property owners and city officials, outlining some of the requirements for a property to be in a district.
The properties that have been included in the district are 51 commercial buildings, five homes and the 1924 Courthouse, Confederate monument and cannon at the courthouse, said Clay Griffith of Acme Preservation Services in Asheville, who is preparing a nomination for the designation to the N.C. State Historic Preservation Office registry and the National Register of Historic Places.
“The collection of architecture is quite good,” Griffith said.
Structures included in the district have to be at least 50 years old. Buildings also should retain features of the original structure."
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Hickory Daily Record (1/23/2012)
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