Honoring the Past, Building a Future
Click on this video created for the readers of the Main Street blog because I need you to care about preserving and restoring this little jewels. They are the answer to a lot of our housing needs. This American architecture, saved and purposeful again can add to Rocky Mount's reputation for preservation. The housing becomes … Continue reading A Video About Caring For The Shotgun Housing of Rocky Mount, NC
“We do not honor the historic buildings in our midst, nor those who once inhabited them, by trapping these structures in amber or sequestering them away behind velvet ropes. We do it by working to see that they continue to play a vibrant role at the heart of the community.” Kelsey Thomas Growing up, I … Continue reading Imagination Enhances Restored Main Street Facades
Finishing off the month of June with a wonderful surprise. I received the following note. I wish to make a grant of $200 from my Community Foundation DAF to Building Shalom, Rocky Mount, NC. This gift is NOT anonymous. It is in honor of: Stepheny Houghtlin Crystal Wimes-Anderson From blight to beauty. The Franklin St. … Continue reading Building Shalom Receives a Grant for Creating Beautiful Renovated Homes – Rocky Mount, NC
LUCCA, ITALY, Historic urban street scene, Tuscany, Italy We all have these unlived lives, a place we wanted to live like Lucca in Italy, for me. I would have liked to run a bookstore with a cat sleeping in a chair with other soft seating where a customer could sit leafing through a coffee table … Continue reading Stepheny’s Reflection on Unlived Lives and Rocky Mount Preservation
How is your architectural IQ coming along? One of the details found in a Victorian home is beaded fretwork that you see in these photographs. If you are lucky you can find pieces in architectural salvage stores to use in your restorations. There are reproduction designs available. The REAL deal is a jewel of great … Continue reading Rocky Mount, NC: Enough Of Politics-Lovely Victorian Fret Work To Admire
Door Surround Just Sold Thanks to Our Two 'Can't Do Without' Bill Johnson and Bill O'keeffe They Hefted This Beauty For The New Owner Preservation Rocky Mount (PRM) opened a retail site in the fall of 2003 in an effort to preserve or provide architectural elements for those who are restoring properties or want to … Continue reading Say It Isn’t So: PRM Salvage Store Denied Access To Save Architectural Elements
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