[Man and squirrel]
Title
[Man and squirrel]
Date
1952-03-02
Creator (individual)
Martin, Carol W., 1911-1993
Subject headings
Sanatoriums -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- History
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
March 1 , 1951 . 2 negs . 4:30 p.m . Keeley Institute was founded in about 1900 when it bought Blandwood Mansion from the Morhead family , whose patriarch , former Gov . John Motley Morehead , died in 1866 . Keeley made some changes to the mansion's exterior , including removing two dependencies - the governor's law office and the kitchen , each connected to the main house by two colonnades. . Keeley may have added a dorm later removed . Keeley treated people with alcohol and drug problems . A second photo shows an old resident of the institute seated in a rocker on the porch eyeing with fascination a squirrel foraging on the porch near him. When Keeley closed in the 1960s , a supermarket tried to buy the site with plans to demolish the mansion . A group of local preservationist protested and enlisted Guilford College , which had a building in the next block that served as its downtown campus , to loan , if not mistaken , $250,000 so the preservationist could buy Blandwood and preserve it . This was the start of Preservation Greensboro , which today has its headquarters in the restored mansion , which is a National Historic Landmark because of its Italinate architecture and its architect , Alexander Jackson Davis of New York , who also designed the state capitol and the old Dorothy Dix Hospital in Raleigh and the Playmakers Theatre in Chapel Hill . The mansion is open for public tours . The law office and kitchen dependecies and the colonnades have been reconstructed . A carriage house in a spot different from the original one also has been built as a rental place for receptions and meetings .
Type
Image
Original format
photographs
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language
en
Contributing institution
Greensboro History Museum
Contact Information
Greensboro History Museumhttp://greensborohistory.org/
Source collection
Martin Studio Collection
Series/grouping
Main Collection
Folder
5310
Finding aid link
http://archives.greensborohistory.org/photographs
Rights statement
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Additional rights information
IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse. Greensboro History Museum has permission to use in exhibits and publications. Commercial use restricted.
Object ID
GHM_Martin_05310b
Digital access format
Image/jpeg
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
Sponsor
LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
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