Title
Resolution Recognizing the Guilford College/New Garden Area as a Heritage Community
Body
Department: Planning, Libraries
Council District: 4
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Mike Cowhig, AICP, 336-373-2755
Contact 2 and Phone: Sue Schwartz, FAICP, 336-373-2149
PURPOSE:
Consider a resolution recognizing the Guilford College/New Garden Area as a Heritage Community.
BACKGROUND:
Representatives of the Guilford College/New Garden Area have requested designation as a Heritage Community under the recognition program approved by Council at the June 23, 2015 meeting. A complete application is attached.
At their June 27th meeting, the Historic Preservation Commission unanimously recommended recognition of the Guilford College/New Garden Area as a Heritage Community. The area proposed for recognition is generally bounded by Bryan Boulevard to the north, Westridge Road to the east, West Market Street to the south, and Interstate 73 to the west.
The Statement of Significance from the application outlines the historical importance of the Guilford College/New Garden area. "...Greensboro's New Garden community was settled by Quakers in the early 1750's, twenty-five years before the Declaration of Independence, and half a century before Greensboro itself."
The Guilford College/New Garden Area has a rich history dating back more than 200 years. It is home to the south's first co-educational institution of higher education, served as an important stop on the Underground Railroad, was the site of significant Revolutionary War engagements leading up to the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, and the childhood home of first lady Dolley Madison. During modern history, area farms served as POW work-sites for German soldiers captured during World War II. The loss of the original development pattern in the community and historic structures that once dotted this area makes it ineligible under traditional methods of recognition like local his...
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