This stucco house is located at the corner of United and Yale Streets in the Highland Park neighborhood of Greensboro. It was built around 1925 in the Spanish Mission Style and is featured in a 1976 booklet entitled: An Inventory of HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE Greensboro, Inc.. Not many stucco structures were built in Greensboro in the 1920's so this house is significant. The palm trees are a great match!
At the center of Highland Park, just down the street from this house, is a small park with playground equipment. Another interesting fact about Highland Park is that many of the streets in the neighborhood are named after ivy league universities: Dartmouth, Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. We'd love to know the story behind the "ivy" names as well as the original owner of this house. Highland Park is bordered by West Market Street and Wendover Avenue, just west of Holden Road.
This is our contribution to Skywatch Friday where people from all over the world will drop by to see the sky above Greensboro today and will share the slice of blue in their town.
A house with character.
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Posted by: J Bar | Friday, August 06, 2010 at 12:23 AM
This is a great old house...reminds me a bit of the area where we lived in Los Angeles when I was a kid. But I don't see any palm trees...
And re your comment on Florida Fotos: I was driving. I think Lois Anne took the pic ... OK, let's say Lois Anne took the picture.
Posted by: Jacob | Friday, August 06, 2010 at 08:56 AM
Skywatch heck! I'll stop by to see more of these stunning, historic homes.
Posted by: birdman | Friday, August 06, 2010 at 11:40 AM
I love the facts accompanying the photo. Really interesting.
Thanks for dropping by. :)
Posted by: Shey | Friday, August 06, 2010 at 01:09 PM
What a beautiful old house! Lovely picture!
Posted by: Tracy | Friday, August 06, 2010 at 02:09 PM
Thats a lovely old house. Great shot!
Posted by: Spiderdama | Friday, August 06, 2010 at 04:23 PM
Very interesting house.
Highland Park was located in the town of Pomona (later incorporated into Greensboro) at that time and was located just north of the Pomona Cotton Mill.
A quick online deed search looks like the house was first owned by a woman by the name of Elma A Holland.
Posted by: Jeff | Friday, August 06, 2010 at 05:13 PM
It would be nice to see this fine old home restored.
«Louis» is adding a link to your blog in his right side bar.
Posted by: Louis la Vache | Saturday, August 07, 2010 at 12:31 AM