Front view, F.W. Woolworth Building, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
F. W. Woolworth Building (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Front view, F.W. Woolworth Building, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Art deco (Architecture)
Drugstores
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Extent:
- 2 x 2 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh1220pnc001
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Greensboro (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage
Source information
- Repository:
- Preservation North Carolina
- Collection:
- Preservation North Carolina Historic Architecture Slide Collection, 1965-2005 (PNC slides) held by Preservation North Carolina
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
- RightsStatements.org:
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In Copyright
For more information:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0 - Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: Woolworth, F. W. Building (Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- 132 S. Elm Street
- Community:
- Greensboro
- State:
- NC
- Zip:
- 27401
- Architectural note:
- The two-story building is faced in stone with Art Deco motifs.
- Historical note:
- The Woolworth store became a landmark in the Civil Rights movement when, on February 1, 1960, four students from a local university began holding peaceful sit-ins at the lunch counter, launching a nationwide movement.
- Location:
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Greensboro (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Commercial buildings
Historic buildings
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 36.072116, -79.790407