historic preservation

Beloved historic landmarks navigate an uncertain future after the LA fires

5:00am March 31, 2025

In Pasadena, The Gamble House was in a fire evacuation zone and its custodians are trying to safeguard its future. In Altadena, only concrete walls are left from the former home of novelist Zane Grey.

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National

Opinion: The puzzling allure of Al Capone's pistol

9:08am May 25, 2024

There are other, more meaningful guns to pursue than Al Capone's "Sweetheart."

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National

Opinion: The puzzling allure of Al Capone's pistol

9:08am May 25, 2024

There are other, more meaningful guns to pursue than Al Capone's "Sweetheart."

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Built in 1921, the New Salem Baptist Church served Black coal miners and their families in Tams, W.Va.

Here's this year's list of the most endangered historic places in the U.S.

12:02am May 01, 2024

by Neda Ulaby

The National Trust's annual list includes Eatonville, the all-Black Florida town memorialized by Zora Neale Hurston, Alaska's Sitka Tlingit Clan houses, and the home of country singer Cindy Walker.

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One of the Shotgun Homes in the Happy Hill neighborhood in Winston-Salem.

Culture

Triad Cultural Arts buys land, paving a way for new center to honor local Black history

6:47am June 20, 2023

by DJ Simmons

When Triad Cultural Arts, Inc. purchased three lots from Winston-Salem, it marked a major step in a multi-year effort to create a new cultural center.

Economy

Major Winston-Salem developer in dispute with city historic office over signage

3:48pm January 04, 2023

by April Laissle

A major Winston-Salem property developer is in a stalemate with the city’s historic preservation department.

The former home of Emmett and Mamie Till is pictured in the West Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago on Aug. 26, 2020. It is one of more than two dozen historically significant sites that will share in $3 million grant money from a preservation organization.

National

Emmett Till's Chicago home will get money designated for preserving Black history

12:09pm July 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

A preservation organization said the home will get a share of $3 million in grants being distributed to 33 sites and organizations nationwide that are important pieces of African American history.

Fire damage at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House.

National

Officials Are Investigating A Fire At The National Susan B. Anthony Museum And House

1:03pm September 27, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The damage was limited to the back porch of the historic house, where suffragist Susan B. Anthony lived in the 19th century. The Rochester Fire Department is investigating the source of the blaze.

Military

American Revolution Trail Proposal For Carolinas Highlights Triad Sites

8:25am July 06, 2021

by Paul Garber

A trail that plans to recognize the Carolinas' pivotal role in the American Revolution would run through the heart of the Triad.

Dwayne Tomah, the youngest fluent Passamaquoddy speaker, sings a Passamaquoddy song outside of his home in Perry, Maine. Tomah is translating and interpreting songs and stories from wax cylinders recorded nearly 130 years ago.

National

Historic Recordings Revitalize Language For Passamaquoddy Tribal Members

5:14pm September 03, 2019

A partnership between members of the Passamaquoddy tribe and the Library of Congress to transcribe wax cylinder recordings from 1890 is bringing the tribe's language back to life.

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