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GCS Service Learning

Green Hill Cemetery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green Hill Cemetery is Greensboro's oldest cemetery, it officially opened in 1887.  It encompasses 51 acres and is recognized as a place of respect and respite.  Greensboro's former leaders including mayors, newspaper editors, life insurance and railroad magnates, educators, and those for whom many Greensboro streets are named, were laid to rest in this “open air museum”.


Many of the cemeteries gravestones show their age and have toppled and disintegrated.  According to Greensboro, grave sites are private property, so Greensboro can not step in to repair the gravestones.  The Friends of Green Hill Cemetery work hard to maintain the grounds and offer tours to help raise money for their mission.  

The Jefferson Standard Building

 

The Jefferson Standard Building is a 233 ft skyscraper in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was completed in 1923 as the headquarters for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. (now known as Lincoln Financial Group) and has 18 floors. Until it was superseded by the Nissen Building in Winston-Salem in 1927, it was the tallest building in North Carolina (succeeding the Independence Building in Charlotte) and the tallest building between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Around Downtown Greensboro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lyndon Street Artworks

 

 

From Lyndon Street Artworks Facebook page:
Lyndon St. Artworks is a collaboration of artists using art to build a creative community in Greensboro, NC. Lyndon St. Artworks occupies 18,000 sq. ft. in a building that dates back to 1927. Formerly Crutchfield Plumbing, Lyndon St. Artworks houses over 25 working art studios with over 40 resident artists in over 15 mediums and 1 gallery. Our goal is to emphasize the creative process of making art and to make the artist as relevant as the art.