Join us in celebration of National Preservation Month
"Discover America's Hidden Gems"
Historic Wilmington Foundation - Celebreating the Gems of the Lower Cape Fear since 1966
New Dollars/New Partners for your Sacred Place
HWF will join with Partners for Sacred Placesfor an informative workshop for congregations in historic church buildings.
Call (910) 762-2511 for information on this workshop in June.
Live in a Landmark
This highly informative workshop was held on April 28, 2012. Learn everything you need to know. You can follow this link to watch the workshop and download speaker presentations.
Call us if you have any questions.
Thank you home owners, sponsors, and friends.
Thanks to our lead sponsors:
The Foundation has two new walking tours scheduled to begin in late spring! We are actively recruiting guides. The Forest Hills Tour will showcase the architectural, social, and cultural history of the community. The Streetcar Suburbs Tour will focus on Wilmington's first two suburbs, Carolina Place and Carolina Heights and the development of these historic neighborhoods, the people who lived here, and the preservation process that has made them an integral part of the city's history. The tour guide will have the opportunity to include historical facts about Wilmington's history, as well as connect the city to broader movements in the nation's history. Both tours will include a strong architectural focus too. The Foundation is also seeking volunteer guides for the Award-Winning Tar Heels tour. The Tar Heels Go Walking Guides have delivered 172 tours for more than 7,000 third graders, their teachers and parent volunteers. The tour educates students about historic preservation, public art, and Wilmington history and development. All three tours require approximately eight hours of training including orientation, skills in public speaking, architectural styles, and a practice tour.
If interested, please contact the Foundation at 910-762-2511 or click the following link to email George Edwards
HWF Announces Significant Loan for Children's Museum of Wilmington
On March 7th Historic Wilmington Foundation awarded $23,500 to the Board of the Children's Museum of Wilmington. The loan was for roof repair for their historic buildings. The musuem donated preservation easement on three buildings to the Foundation.
Click here to read the full story.
Most Threatened Historic Places
The magestic tree canopy on Market Street was a new addition to the 2011 MTHP List.
If you have a concern about a site please call the Foundation
to discuss.MTHP Lists: 2011 -
2010 - 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006
(Illustration of Threatened Places)
Tar Heels Go Walking
A Partnership with New Hanover County Schools since 2009, Historic Wilmington Foundation guides have delivered 172 tours for more than 7,000 third graders, their teachers and parent volunteers.. The tour educates students about historic preservation, public art, and Wilmington history and development.
Tar Heels Go Walking received a Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit for outstanding achievement from Preservation North Carolina in 2010.
Train to become a Tarheel Volunteer!
910.762.2511
City Passes Preservation Ordinance!
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Read the new ordinance
