LEARN ABOUT PRESERVATION IN OCTOBER

The Charlotte Museum of History is excited to announce that registration for the new virtual Preservation Seminar Series is live! Presented in partnership with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission, the seminars will teach attendees about practical tools to preserve our region’s historic built environment. Topics covered over the three days will include local historic landmark designation, national register listing and tax incentives and preservation easements.

Seminars will be broadcast live on the Museum’s YouTube channel and recordings will be accessible after each program.

There’s no cost to register, but contributions will go toward the Museum’s preservation efforts, including the Mad About Modern Home Tour and the Save Siloam School project. We hope you’ll join us next month! And please pass this great program along to your colleagues and friends who want to learn more about how to preserve Charlotte’s incredible built history.

Seminar Schedule

Tuesday, October 20
Local Government & Historic Preservation
Featuring Kristi Harpst, Program Manager, Charlotte Historic District Commission, and Jack Thomson and Stewart Gray from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission.

Wednesday, October 21
Nonprofits & Historic Preservation
Featuring Ted Alexander, Regional Director, Western North Carolina, Preservation North Carolina, and Dr. Dan Morrill, Administrative Consultant, Preserve Mecklenburg Inc.

Thursday, October 22
Listing on the National Register & Tax Incentives
Featuring Sarah David, Survey & National Register Branch Supervisor, State Historic Preservation Office, and Brett Sturm, Restoration Specialist, State Historic Preservation Office.

All programs will begin at 12:00 PM and end at 1:15 PM, including time for Q&A.

September 21, 2020

The Community Builders, “a national developer that specializes in mixed-income housing,” which also owns the historic Johnston Mill, located at 3315 North Davidson Street, is proposing a major rehabilitation of the property. The proposed project includes renovating the historic mill building as an apartment building and constructing a new building on the property. 

The Charlotte Agenda details the history of the historic mill and the plans for its renovation: “45 years after it closed, the historic Johnston Mill building in NoDa will soon get new life”

The Design Review Committee of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission will review this project at its virtual meeting on September 30. Details can be found here for those interested in attending. 

September 17, 2020

Preserve Mecklenburg is working with Lutgert Companies, a developer planning to build luxury condominium homes in Eastover, to save “a griffin that adorns a vacant 1928 home” located on the site of the planned community. Dr. Dan Morrill spoke with The Charlotte Observer about the griffin’s history and why it is important that it be preserved. 

For more: “Developer to preserve ‘historically significant’ piece of Charlotte’s past”

Image of the Historic Griffin from Preserve Mecklenburg

September 17, 2020

The Charlotte Museum of History has been working to preserve and relocate the Siloam School from its current location on Mallard Creek Church Road to the Museum grounds on Shamrock Drive. In its article, SouthPark Magazine describes the Museum’s project and details the importance of Rosenwald school buildings to the African American community in the segregated South: “Walls that talk”

For more information on the Charlotte Museum of History’s Save Siloam School initiative: Help Save Siloam School

September 16, 2020

With over 300 designated historic landmarks in Mecklenburg County, there is a lot to explore. Although some landmarks are more well-known than others, all are important to understanding the history of the County.

Learn more about the many kinds of landmarks located across the County here: Scenes of Charlotte Instagram