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Historic Salisbury Foundation celebrating Preservation Month
SALISBURY — For the Historic Salisbury Foundation, May is a month to celebrate preservation more than usual. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the foundation’s director, Sada Stewart, has looked at creative ways to celebrate Preservation Month during the governor’s stay-at-home order and recommended social distancing. The foundation has posted on Facebook and Instagram for “Transformation…
Read MoreArchive: Minding the store: Summer’s first History on Tap tours the Youngs’ restoration in progress
SALISBURY — At one time, this was a place to come for bolts, seeds, work gloves, tomatoes and birdhouses. Thursday night, it was a stop for sampling New Sarum beers and taking a tour through an ambitious restoration and adaptive reuse project being conducted by Diane and Michael Young. The Youngs — Diane is serving…
Read MoreHistoric Salisbury Foundation acquires house once overrun by nature
SALISBURY, NC (WBTV) – From Historic Salisbury Foundation: Historic Salisbury Foundation has announced the acquisition of the McCanless-Busby-Thompson House located at 128 West Thomas Street. After a Demolition Hearing on the house was scheduled for September 28th, the Foundation reached an agreement to purchase the house from its owner, Mr. John M. Cheek. The sale…
Read MoreArchive: History on Tap series planned again this summer by HSF
SALISBURY — The Historic Salisbury Foundation Inc. will host its third annual summer series, “History on Tap.” Programs are planned for June, July and August. “We invite active and potential members of HSF to cool off by sampling local craft beer while exploring several of the community’s more interesting historic places and spaces,” the foundation…
Read MoreArchive: Empire Hotel is still majestic to History on Tap tour goers
Lots of lucky people got the chance to take a walk through history during a tour of the Empire Hotel Thursday evening. Around 250 people walked through the iconic building on South Main Street during the Historic Salisbury Foundation’s History on Tap event, the first of three to be held this summer. Tour goers listened…
Read MoreArchive: H.O.T. series will pair brews, wine with history
Historic Salisbury Foundation, Inc., Downtown Salisbury Inc. and Salisbury Young Professionals are inviting the public to try out the first History on Tap series — H.O.T. — this summer. The series will pair neat, old buildings with fun, unique beers. The series will take place exclusively during the “H.O.T.” summer months of June, July and…
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