Greensboro Historical Museum

	Greensboro Historical Museum
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°4′32″N 79°47′17″W / 36.07556°N 79.78806°W
Area	1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built	1812, 1892, 1903, 1938
Architect	Hook, A.C.; Et al.
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	85000877
Added to NRHP	April 25, 1985

The Greensboro Historical Museum, consisting of the former First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro and Smith Memorial Building, is a historic museum building located at 130 Summit Ave. in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The former Presbyterian church was built in 1892, and is a Romanesque Revival style brick building with a cross gable roof and tower. The semi-circular, 11 bay, Smith Memorial Building was built in 1903. It features four octagonal sides and a tower. The memorial building was designed by the noted architect Charles Christian Hook (1870-1938). The church and memorial building were connected and the older structures modified and renovated in 1938. Also located on the property is the First Presbyterian Church cemetery, established in 1812. The church vacated the property in 1929, and in 1937-1938 it was renovated and enlarged as the Richardson Civic Center and donated to the city of Greensboro. It subsequently housed the Greensboro Public Library, the Greensboro Historical Museum, and the Greensboro Art Center.^[2] The historic building functions as one part of the current, larger Greenboro Historical Museum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

Notable burials

Attorney and justice Robert P. Dick (1823-1898)
Representative and Confederate senator John Adams Gilmer (1805-1868)
North Carolina Governor John Motley Morehead (1796-1866)

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Karen C. Carroll (November 1984). "Greensboro Historical Museum" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

External links

Greensboro History.org Official web site

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] Karen C. Carroll (November 1984). "Greensboro Historical Museum" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

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