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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="3" width=230 style=" border-left: 10px solid #888888;border-right: 10px solid #888888;" BGCOLOR="#660000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0abb4620.jpg" border=0 width="180" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preserve Historic Forsyth">HOME</A></div> <div> <A HREF="about.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABOUT">ABOUT</A></div> <div> <A HREF="mission.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MISSION">MISSION</A></div> <div> <A HREF="support.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SUPPORT">SUPPORT</A></div> <div> <A HREF="phf_library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PHF LIBRARY">P-H-F LIBRARY</A></div> <div> <B>P-H-F NEWS</B></div> <div> <A HREF="bethania2008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BETHANIA TOUR 2008">BETHANIA TOUR 2008</A></div> <div> <A HREF="e_docs__links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EDOCS LINKS">E-DOCS & LINKS</A></div> <div> <A HREF="contact.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONTACT">CONTACT</A></div> <div> <A HREF="conradhouse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONRAD HOUSE">CONRAD HOUSE</A></div> <bR> <div> <I>"Study group recommends state spend $1 billion on conservation . . .</I>"</div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=40 style=" border-top: 8px solid #660000;" BGCOLOR="#888888" TEXT="#080000"> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=410 width="100%" colspan=2 style=" border-top: 8px solid #660000;" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>P-H-F NEWS</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="603" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=4 COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 1 WIDTH="595"><div> <B>News of Historic Preservation & Conservation</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="09f35f30.jpg" border=0 width="309" height="243" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="14" VSPACE="0"><B>The Peper Building</B> - W-S Journal, Jan 2, 2010 - (Editorial) ... could be an important part of the Civic Plaza project."</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>"</B></FONT><B>River John made his mark on Forsyth County" </B>- W-S Journal, Dec 19  <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/dec/19/river-john-made-his-mark-on-forsyth-county/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/">>>></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Preserving History - November 14, 2009 - </B>(Editorial) "It is extremely hard to remove (historic designation). And in a time when we're rapidly losing our historic sturctures, it should be." <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/nov/14/griswolds-fight/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/">>>></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Conrad House Decision Delayed </B>- October 13, 2009 - Forsyth County Commissioners postponed action until Nov. 9 on whether to keep or repeal a historic-landmark designation for the River John Conrad House near the Yadkin River.  <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/oct/13/public-hearing-on-bonds-set/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/">>>></A> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Conrad House Deemed of Historical Significance</B> - September 15, 2009 - The State Historic Preservation Office has rescinded an earlier opinion that the River John Conrad House has been altered too much to still have historic significance. <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/sep/15/house-is-now-deemed-of-historical-significance/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/">>>></A> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Conrad House Historic Landmark Status Threatened</B> - August 23, 2009 - Owners want to drop Historic Landmark Status of Conrad House  <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/aug/23/owners-want-to-drop-historic-landmark-status/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/">>>></A> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Recognition Time </B>- (Editorial) "The Freedman's Community should be preserved and remembered."   <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/nov/02/recognition-time/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/"><B>>>></B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Freedman's Plots - </B>Former slaves settled into a community near Bethania after the Civil War, started new lives</div> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/25/freedmens-plots-former-slaves-settled-into-a-commu/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/"><B>>>></B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Progress At Lloyd Presbyterian Church -- </B> More than 1,000 people contribute to restoration  <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/23/in-progress-members-of-lloyd-presbyterian-church-u/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/"><B>>>></B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Committee Formed To Save Nissen House in Lewisville</B> - $156,000 needed to pay for moving historic house  <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/aug/02/committee-to-study-how-lewisville-can-save-house/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/"><B>>>></B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>(George) Black, (Rembert) Malloy Houses Part of City Heritage - </B>Efforts are underway to preserve former homes of two well-known black citizens  <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/jul/27/black-malloy-houses-part-of-city-heritage/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/"><B>>>></B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Sunnyside-Central Terrace and Centerville  </B>have been added to the National Register of Historic Places  <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/jun/29/two-historic-winston-salem-neighborhoods-added-nat/?news" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/">>>></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Heritage Home Crisis -</B> Heritage homes facing closings and foreclosure - Winston-Salem Journal<B> </B><A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/jun/17/heritage-crisis-historic-house-museums-fall-upon-h/?business-nationworld" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/">>>></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Forsyth County HRC 2008 Heritage Awards Presentation - </B>Speech by Joseph P. Riley, Jr.,  Mayor, Charleston, SC (Video)<B>  </B><A HREF="http://winston-salem.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=6&clip_id=383" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://winston-salem.granicus.com/MediaP">>>></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Save A School - Editorial - Winston-Salem Journal - </B>Restore and Move Red Bank School to Horizons Park<B>  </B><A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/jun/02/saving-a-school/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/">>>></A> </div> <bR> <div> <B>Fight the Wrecking Ball - </B>Editorial - Winston-Salem Journal - Help Lewisville Historical Society save 1876 Nissen home. <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/may/30/fight-the-wrecking-ball/?opinion" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/">>>></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Old Lewisville house needs a new home, or else - </B>By Paul Garber | Winston-Salem Journal. One of the oldest houses in Lewisville will be torn down unless efforts to have it moved are successful. <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/may/28/old-lewisville-house-needs-a-new-home-or-else/?news-local-clemmons-journal" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/">>>></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Its Former Glory </B>by Lisa Boone-Wood, Winston-Salem Journal - PHF member Rosalie Horton restores 1782 Solomon Transou House in historic Bethania  <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/feb/25/its-former-glory-solomon-transou-house-in-historic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/">>>></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Significant gift is worth preserving - </B>By Strother Bullin - Winston-Salem Journal; Threatened Nancy Reynolds Elementary School  an "<I>incredible, valuable and unique gift to its community from the R. J. Reynolds family</I>." <B>  </B><A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/feb/09/significant-gift-is-worth-preserving/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/"><B>>>></B></A><A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/feb/09/significant-gift-is-worth-preserving/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/"><B> </B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Under Review - National Register Historic District proposals made for Sunnyside and Centerville neighborhoods - </B>Winston-Salem Journal; "The two historic districts thrived throughout the early part of the 20th century..." <B> </B><A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/jan/05/under-review-national-register-historic-district-p/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/"><B>>>></B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Vanishing Before Our Eyes: Forsyth has lost a treasure of historic buildings - </B>By Mary Giunca - Winston-Salem Journal; <I>"Since 1980, Forsyth County has lost a third of its significant historic properties - about 500 buildings - a new survey has found."</I>  <A HREF="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2007/dec/16/forsyth-has-lost-a-treasure-of-historic-buildings/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2007/">>>></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Group formed to preserve Forsyth County’s history </B>(Preserve Historic Forsyth) - Layla Farmer - Winston-Salem Chronicle; <I>"Ironically, until recently, Forsyth County was one of only a handful of counties in the state that didn’t have an organization established specifically to protect its historic sites."</I>  <A HREF="http://www.wschronicle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=408&Itemid=52" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wschronicle.com/index.php?opt">>>></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>New Edition - Guide to North Carolina  Highway Historical Markers:  </B>Edited by Michael Hill;  North Carolina Office of Archives & History  <A HREF="http://nc-historical-publications.stores.yahoo.net/markerguide.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nc-historical-publications.stores">>>></A></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0b3fa870.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="135" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=22 style=" border-top: 4px solid #660000; border-bottom: 4px solid #660000;" BGCOLOR="#888888" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>