Posts by Jeinny Lopez
Doors open to an expanded OctoberTour
Fifty years ago, 200 Salisbury citizens became preservation activists. They were concerned that historically significant structures were being demolished for banks and parking lots. On April 12, 1972, they joined founder Ed Clement as charter members of Historic Salisbury Foundation. Five decades later, our city is known far and wide as Historic Salisbury and our…
Read MoreHistoric Salisbury Foundation to award $50,000 in exterior preservation grants
SALISBURY — For its 50th anniversary, Historic Salisbury Foundation is funding $50,000 in exterior preservation grants to homeowners. The $1,000 grants apply to homes in historic districts not protected by local ordinance and all household incomes are eligible with varying levels of funding. Houses 50 years old or older located in the following historic districts…
Read MoreHistoric Salisbury Foundation’s History On Tap returns for summer
SALISBURY — Historic Salisbury Foundation invites the public to its eighth annual summer event series: History on Tap (H.O.T.) during the “H.O.T.” summer months of June, July and August. The HSF invites active and potential members to cool off by sampling local craft beer while exploring several of the community’s more interesting historic places and…
Read MoreHistoric Salisbury Foundation honors seven with preservation awards
SALISBURY — The Historic Salisbury Foundation presented its preservation award ceremony Thursday at the historic Salisbury Depot for the first time in five years. With 19 applications submitted, seven winners were awarded in categories highlighting preservation of neighborhoods and businesses, along with other rehabilitation projects. Each winner received a plaque and a piece of the…
Read MoreHistoric Salisbury Foundation celebrating its 50th anniversary
SALISBURY — On April 12, 1972, more than 200 residents crowded into the second-floor meeting room of the famed 1850 Rowan County Courthouse. These pioneers, like Rowan County’s Daniel Boone before them, were venturing into uncharted territory. Their frontier was a wilderness of ideas about the future of Salisbury’s built environment. Were the people of…
Read MoreQuotes of the week: ‘An effort to help people learn how to take care of their historic homes’
“It’s just an effort to help people learn how to take care of their historic homes because the fabric of these homes are worth saving.” — Kimberly Stieg, Historic Salisbury Foundation’s executive director on opening the Ice House once a month for people to look over salvaged and donated materials stored there “The level of…
Read MoreHistoric ‘Ice House’ will be site of new ‘Second Saturday Salvage’ event beginning in April
SALISBURY — More than 100 years ago, the Historic Salisbury Foundation’s architectural warehouse, currently known as the Ice House, was once a community gathering spot. Now, that same idea is inspiring a revamp of the Ice House’s operations for historic homeowners, contractors and treasure hunters alike. From April to September, the Historic Salisbury Foundation’s architectural…
Read MoreHistoric Salisbury Foundation hires new executive director
Historic Salisbury Foundation, Inc. has hired Kimberly Stieg as its new executive director. Stieg will be moving to Salisbury from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with her husband Scott, a recently retired school administrator. She’s scheduled to start work at the end of January. Stieg (pronounced Steeg) will be the foundation’s 11th director in its 49-year history.…
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