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Greensboro NC Tourist Attractions
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Greensboro NC Tourist Attractions
Tourist attractions in Greensboro NC - Theme Parks, Tours, Museums, National Parks, Historic Sites & More!
Below is a list of attractions in Greensboro NC to help you plan a Greensboro NC Vacation! Find detailed information on the Greensboro NC tourist attraction entries by clicking on their links. Narrow your search by selecting from a specific Greensboro NC attraction category on the left hand menu.
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Explore All Of North Carolina's Regions
You can find North Carolina tourist attractions and activities in all of North Carolina's regions: Asheville, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Lenoir, New Bern, Raleigh, Wilmington, Winston-Salem and Other.
Featured North Carolina Tourist Attractions and Activities
Please visit our North Carolina featured listings - Trans-Siberian Orchestra at RBC Center, Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Joel Coliseum, Phantom Of The Opera at Durham Performing Arts Center, Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium, Monster Jam at Greensboro Coliseum and Monster Jam at RBC Center.
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Blandwood
National Historic Landmark-House Museum
Category: Greensboro Historic Site in North Carolina
Description of this Greensboro Attraction: Blandwood's story begins in 1795, predating the founding of the city of Greensboro, North Carolina, (1808,) when Charles Bland built a simple four-room, two-down, two-up Federal style clapboard farmhouse on a wooded hill in Guilford County. The two rooms on the first floor were laid out in the front parlor and hall model; he would call his home Blandwood.
The farmhouse was eventually expanded from four rooms to six rooms in 1822 by a subsequent owner, Henry Humphreys, a local businessman who opened the first steam powered textile mill in North Carolina, Mt. Hecla Cotton Mill. Humphreys would also use this opportunity to update the interior of the house, adding more ornate mouldings and mantels.
John Motley Morehead (1796-1866) purchased Blandwood in 1827 from Humphreys. Morehead had begun an illustrious political career in 1821 at the age of 25, when he was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons. His career culminated with his election to the state’s highest office, Governor, in 1840, when he served two two-year terms as North Carolina's governor from 1841-1845. As a Whig, he supported an ambitious program of internal improvements including a statewide rail and water transportation system, free public schools, more humane treatment of deaf and blind children, prisoners, and the mentally ill. These policies were very progressive for the Old North State, earning him the nickname, "Father of Modern North Carolina."
During this time, the Morehead family, which consisted of his wife, Ann Eliza Lindsey Morehead and their eight children, continued to live in the six room farmhouse that was Blandwood. Upon election to the governorship, Morehead felt the time was right to expand and glorify his home. In 1844, Morehead chose an architect he was familiar with, Alexander Jackson Davis, co-designer of the NC State Capital, to design a substantial addition to the farmhouse. This addition, completed in 1846, was built in the Italianate style and is the oldest surviving example in the United States.
Governor and Mrs. Morehead would live at Blandwood until their respective deaths in 1866 and 1868. At that time their youngest son, Eugene Morehead, was unmarried and living at home, subsequently, part of his inheritance was Blandwood. After living at Blandwood for a few years, Eugene married in 1874 and moved to Savannah, Georgia.
The last members of the Morehead family to live at Blandwood were Julius and Emma Morehead Gray who purchased the home from her brother. The Gray's lived at Blandwood until 1896, by which time, most of the family had passed away during a tuberculosis epidemic.
In 1896, Emma Gray’s remaining brothers and sisters were faced with the dilemma of what to do with Blandwood. They were approached by Col. William Osbourne, who wanted to rent Blandwood for use as a Keeley Institute, a franchise of hospitals to treat alcohol and drug addiction with the infamous “Gold Cure.” Initially renting Blandwood, the Keeley Institute would purchase Blandwood in January of 1906, while they maintained the architecture of the Davis addition to the main building, the two dependences were removed. The Keeley Institute operated at Blandwood until 1961.
By 1966, Blandwood stood empty and in danger of demolition. At this time Preservation Greensboro Incorporated formed to save and restore Blandwood. The restoration of the main building took ten years and Blandwood was opened to the public in 1976 as part of the country's bicentennial celebration. In 1984, after archaeological investigation of the property, the two depend
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Eastern Music Festival 49th Season
5-week Summer Music Festival & School
Category: Greensboro Concert in North Carolina
Description of this Greensboro Attraction: For 48 years, EMF has brought together a cross-section of America's most sought-after artists with pre-professional students in a five-week schedule of more than 100 concerts and music-related events. Our 49th season (June 26 - July 31, 2010) is shaping up similarly. Music Director Gerard Schwarz has lined up an exciting Festival Orchestra Series with cellist Lynn Harrell, violinists Gil Shaham and Tianwa Yang, and pianists Barry Douglas and William Wolfram. We will continue our two chamber series at UNCG's School of Music and at the Guilford College Carnegie Room, our distinctive Wednesday Friends & Great Performers Series, and the Young Artists Series each Thursday and Friday evening. Our popular EMFfringe series of alternative programming features everything from Americana to al country, blues, rock, jazz and more!
Season tickets on sale beginning 2/1/2010. Single tickets on sale beginning 6/1/2010. 336.272.0160 or www.EasternMusicFestival.org
The Eastern Music Festival's mission is to promote musical enrichment, excellence, professional collaboration, innovation and diversity through a nationally-recognized teaching program, music festival, concerts and other programs which will enhance the quality of life, health and vitality of our region.
EMF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Entertainment/Sports Complex
Category: Greensboro Music in North Carolina
Description of this Greensboro Attraction: The Greensboro Coliseum Complex was conceived as, and continues to be a multi-building facility to serve the Citizens of Greensboro and the surrounding area through a broad range of activities, including athletic events, cultural arts, concerts, theater, and other entertainment, educational activities, fairs, exhibits, and public and private events of all kinds, such as conventions, convocations, trade and consumer shows. It is both a primary center of activity for the community as well as one of many resources central to community-wide events. Therefore, the Complex must provide opportunities for community activities and events while operating as a facility which generates economic activity in Greensboro. The Greensboro Coliseum Complex has a rich history as one of the premiere sports and entertainment facilities in the Southeast, host to such prestigious events as the ACC Tournament, ECHL hockey, and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Since 1959, the Coliseum has featured superstars from Elvis to Usher.
The Complex has undergone several major renovations, the latest in 1994, bringing the maximum arena capacity to its current 23,500.
Owned by the City of Greensboro, the complex features a flexible capacity arena that can accommodate concerts and events for 4,000 to 23,000 fans; a 2,376 seat auditorium for Broadway theatre and concerts; and a 120,000 square foot Special Events Center for trade and consumer shows and 20,000 square feet of space for meetings of all sizes. The Special Events Center also features a 4,300 seat theater set-up for concerts and sporting events.
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The Greensboro Children's Museum
A hands-on, interactive & educational play place for kids!
Category: Greensboro Museum in North Carolina
Description of this Greensboro Attraction: The Greensboro Children's Museum is a hands-on, interactive, and educational play place for children newborn through age 10 and their families. The 37,000 square foot facility in downtown Greensboro Museum provides quality educational programming and a wide variety of exhibits in “Our Town” that invite young visitors to learn while they play, explore, touch, discover, create and imagine. Children can go grocery shopping in a pint-sized market, fly a real DC-jet, pretend to be a fireman riding a real fire truck, put on a play in the Theater, pretend to be a dentist in the Health Center, cook up a meal in Nonie’s house, be a conductor on our new train or learn how to grow vegetables in our new Edible Schoolyard. Infants and toddlers even have fun here playing on the soft mats and crawling in the tunnels of our Tot Spot area. It’s where play is a smart adventure!
The Greensboro Children’s Museum’s mission is to provide children with an interactive, educational learning experience that will enhance their daily lives and open heir hearts and minds to an understanding of the world in which they live. GCM is a private not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization.
The Greensboro Children’s Museum is located at 220 N. Church Street, Greensboro NC 27401, 336-574-2898, www.gcmuseum.com. The Museum is open seven days a week and has an admission charge of $6 for children 1+ and adults. Children under 1 are free. There is a reduced price admission for seniors and military families and half priced admission costs ($3) on Friday nights and Sundays.
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