Residents interested in downtown Greensboro’s historic property are invited to upcoming meetings about proposed updates to the Downtown Greensboro Historic District’s current listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
The updates will be discussed and public input recorded during a City-hosted meeting at 6 pm Thursday, January 19, at the Greensboro History Museum Auditorium, 130 Summit Ave.
Next, the City’s Historic Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed updates at its January 25 meeting in the Plaza Level Conference Room of Melvin Municipal Office Building, 300 W. Washington St. This meeting begins at 4 pm.
Downtown’s historic district was added to the national register in 1982 and in 2018 there was a public push for the City to update that listing. In 2021, the City’s Planning Department hired hmwPreservation of Durham to re-survey the downtown district thanks to a grant from the federal Historic Preservation Fund.
hmwPreservation’s recommendations include to:
- Expand the Downtown Greensboro Historic District to include mid-20th century resources, such as the Governmental Plaza complex, outlined by W. Market Street, N. Greene Street, W. Washington Street and S. Eugene Street
- Extend the district’s period of significance to 1963 to include the City’s civil rights marches and events.
Representatives from hmwPreservation, the NC Historic Preservation Office, and City planners will participate in the January 19 meeting.
The final proposal of updates to the Downtown Greensboro Historic District’s listing will be presented to the NC National Register Advisory Committee on February 9.
