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<br /> in the city's preservation community Walnut Cove Colored School , Walnut Cove , Stokes County
<br /> were concerned . The landmarks commis-
<br /> sion, its resources boosted by $7.5 million
<br /> in bonds that voters approved last "rode by there one day and saw it and I mental education outpost. The station is
<br /> November, is pairing with developer just had a vision ." That vision grew to be restored and reopened to the public
<br /> Peter Pappas to buy the property, repo- rapidly and resulted in the birth of the by late 2002 . The State, Dare County,
<br /> vase it and sell it. The mill buildings , Walnut Cove Colored School, Inc. By and the NC Aquarium are to be com-
<br /> which total 60,000 square feet, will be March 1995, the group had incorporated, mended for their foresight in devising a
<br /> preserved and converted to loft-style obtained tax- exempt status , achieved list- plan for the adaptive reuse of this his-
<br /> offices with exposed brick walls and ing in the National Register of Historic toric structure .
<br /> beams, skylights and large windows . Places and, with the help of Preservation Commissioners extend contract on
<br /> They could include some shops and North Carolina, bought the school . Biltmore School . For a second time, the
<br /> restaurants . Without that bond money in Vigorously supported by the Rural Buncombe County Commissioners voted
<br /> its revolving fund, says Dan Morrill of Initiative Project, Inc . , of Winston= Salem, to extend the Western NC Historical
<br /> the landmarks commission, the commis- WCCS began submitting grant propos - Association's contract on the former
<br /> Sion probably wouldn't have been able to als for funding. It received grants totaling Biltmore School in Asheville . The
<br /> enter the deal. As it is, it will make sure $ 287, 245 and significant in- kind contri- Association will now have until February
<br /> the work is historically sensitive and that butions by the Dan River Prison Work 28, 2001, to purchase the historic school.
<br /> the buildings are protected by preserva- Farm and the International Brotherhood This extension will allow the Association
<br /> tion covenants. The Charlotte Cotton of Electrical Workers . Final restoration to continue fundraising for the project
<br /> Mills project will help uptown, preserve costs came to $ 437, 245. The school and to pursue the long- term funding
<br /> significant history, put bond money to reopened in September 1999, with nearly needs of the proposed regional history
<br /> good use and — assuming all goes well 300 alumni, guests and friends attending, museum . To date , the Association has
<br /> — give the developer a profit and enrich State to restore old Coast Guard stair raised over $1,075,000 towards the pur-
<br /> the county's preservation revolving fund . tion . After years of neglect, the aban- chase of the school . The Board of
<br /> Walnut Cove Colored School award- doned US Coast Guard Station at Commissioners cited the continued
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<br /> ed National Preservation Award. The Oregon Inlet has been scheduled for stream of letters of support form the
<br /> Walnut Cove Colored School, Inc . , has rehabilitation by the state . A legislative general public as a key factor in this
<br /> been awarded one of the sixteen 2000 subcommittee earmarked funds for stabi- decision . To learn about this project or to
<br /> National Preservation Awards by the lization and planning for the 103 -year-old make a contribution, call the Association
<br /> National Trust for Historic Preservation building. In April, the state acquired the at 828 /253VAir
<br /> for its restoration of the school and its property and assigned management and Architectural Salvage thriving. While
<br /> ility to the NC Aquarium the goal of the Historic Wilmington
<br /> use as the Stokes County Senior Center, use responsib
<br /> The award was presented this November on Roanoke Island . According to David Foundation is to preserve its architectur-
<br /> in Los Angeles. The project was begun in Griffin, director of the aquarium, the al heritage in the original setting, it
<br /> 1994 when alumna Dorothy Dalton building will make an excellent environ- sometimes becomes necessary to salvage
<br /> GProtecting the Irreplaceable'"^ in North Carolina since 1939
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