PEOPLE + PLACE Hayti Reborn: The Reveal Facebook Live & Zoom Virtual Event Thursday, June 17, 2021 3:30pm Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places and the stories they bring to life. A presentation and Read more…
PEOPLE + PLACE Historic Preservation, Social Inclusion, & Social Equity Facebook Live & Zoom Virtual Event Thursday, May 27, 2021 12:00 Noon Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places and the stories they bring to Read more…
PEOPLE + PLACE BOOK TALK Classic Restaurants of Durham with Author Chris Holaday Facebook Live & Zoom Virtual Event Tuesday, April 27, 2021 12:00 Noon Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places and the stories Read more…
Maplewood was created in 1872 as Durham’s very first public amenity. The cemetery is Durham’s very first public space and its very first planned space. It is a garden of memories and our oldest repository of public art. In Maplewood are buried captains of industry, famous educators, great philanthropists, and ordinary people. In the cemetery are reposed the origins of many Durham legends and icons. There are stories of war and disease and the struggle against both. There are stories of love and of prejudice, of triumph and tragedy. Learn about funerary customs and grave architecture. Enjoy the peace and solemnity of one of the city’s great historic treasures.
Annual Neighborhood Walk with, “Street Historian” John Schelp SAVE THE DATE Sunday, March 28, 2021 @ 4:00pm Join the Zoom Virtual Hike on March 28 Click the link below to join live https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82969941787?pwd=eVlSZFlnTjByMlpkUVVGcW9Md1J2UT09 Meeting ID: 829 6994 1787 Passcode: history Where was Wall Street? What’s a Pinhooker? How did the Washington Read more…
PEOPLE + PLACE BOOK TALK Aaron McDuffie Moore: An African American Physician, Educator, and Founder of Durham’s Black Wall Street Facebook Live & Zoom Virtual Event February 16, 2021 12:00 Noon Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural Read more…
PEOPLE + PLACE Preservation Durham presents Geer Cemetery: Racial Inequities in Cemeteries Geer Cemetery Facebook Live & Zoom Virtual Event Thursday, November 19, 2020 12:00 Noon Presenter: Debra Taylor Gonzalez-Garcia Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and Read more…
Maplewood was created in 1872 as Durham’s very first public amenity. The cemetery is Durham’s very first public space and its very first planned space. It is a garden of memories and our oldest repository of public art. In Maplewood are buried captains of industry, famous educators, great philanthropists, and ordinary people. In the cemetery are reposed the origins of many Durham legends and icons. There are stories of war and disease and the struggle against both. There are stories of love and of prejudice, of triumph and tragedy. Learn about funerary customs and grave architecture. Enjoy the peace and solemnity of one of the city’s great historic treasures.
Preservation Durham is the proud steward of OpenDurham.org, an incredibly rich, entirely volunteer-run community archive committed to documenting this cit’s people and places – its past and present – to preserve and pass along for the future. To keep that commitment, we need the voices of Durham old-timers and newcomers, Read more…