Gayle Hicks Fripp

Greensboro, Volume 2: Neighborhoods

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With 230 more intriguing scenes from Greensboro's past, Greensboro Volume II: Neighborhoods highlights the changing architecture of area homes, churches, and schools, and invites readers to meet the residents who have contributed to the community's growth. The images in this collection, many of which are previously unpublished, have been selected from the extensive archives of the Greensboro Historical Museum. Join author Gayle Hicks Fripp on a fascinating photographic tour that continues to explore the city's impressive transformation. Discover unique 19th-century homes such as Blandwood, Gov. John Motley Morehead's estate; learn about African-American churches established at the end of the Civil War; and witness the impact of transportation developments on the city's expansion and housing patterns. The residences of well-known citizens, including textile entrepreneurs Ceasar Cone and Emanuel Sternberger, World War II flyers George Preddy and Mary Webb Nicholson, and developer A.M. Scales, are also featured

Produktdetails

• Images of America
• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 167mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780738568829
• ISBN-10: 0738568821
• Artikelnr.: 25855867

Autorenporträt

Gayle Hicks Fripp has been at the Greensboro Historical Museum since 1977 and has served as assistant director since 1986. A native of North Carolina, she is actively involved in researching and preserving her community's past. Greensboro Volume II: Neighborhoods is her second title in the Images of America series.