VIRTUAL SPEAKER SERIES | Postcards From Durham
PEOPLE + PLACE
Preservation Durham and Museum of Durham History
present John Schelp: A Virtual Talk on Vintage Postcards from Durham
Facebook Live web series
Thursday, April 2, 9, 16, 2020
12:00 Noon to 1:00 pm
Presenter: “Street Historian” John Schelp
Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places.
Preservation Durham and The Museum of Durham History are partnering to continue storytelling events during social distancing due to the spread of the coronavirus. On April 2, 9, and 16, at Noon, “street historian” John Schelp will be the guest presenter for a series of Facebook Live virtual presentations.
Schelp regularly hosts events that inform residents about Durham’s story. To resume Schelp’s popular lectures and neighborhood walk
SPEAKER SERIES | Postcards From Durham
PEOPLE + PLACE
PRESERVATION DURHAM PRESENTS PEOPLE + PLACE SPEAKER SERIES
*THIS EVENT WAS RESCHEDULED FROM MARCH 19TH TO A NEW DATE OF JUNE 11TH DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
Thursday, June 11, 2020
5:30pm to 6:30pm
Chesterfield Building, 701 W. Main St. Rm#2908, Durham, NC
Street Historian: John Schelp
Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places.
Postcards from Durham
From the collection of street historian John Schelp
To know Durham history is to know ‘the ridge.’ Main Street and the railroad tracks follow an east-west ridge. Durham’s cotton mills, tobacco factories, colleges, hospitals, City Hall, County Courthouse and earliest shopping districts are all located up near the ridge.
SPEAKER SERIES | Postcards From Durham
PEOPLE + PLACE
PRESERVATION DURHAM PRESENTS PEOPLE + PLACE SPEAKER SERIES
THIS EVENT IS RESCHEDULED IN ACCORDANCE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING RECOMMENDATIONS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
Thursday, June 11, 2020
5:30pm to 6:30pm
Chesterfield Building, 701 W. Main St. Rm#2908, Durham, NC
Street Historian: John Schelp
Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places.
Postcards from Durham
From the collection of street historian John Schelp
To know Durham history is to know ‘the ridge.’ Main Street and the railroad tracks follow an east-west ridge. Durham’s cotton mills, tobacco factories, colleges, hospitals, City Hall, County Courthouse and earliest shopping districts are all located up near the ridge. This pattern repeats along
SPEAKER SERIES | A Glimpse Into the History of College Heights
PEOPLE + PLACE
PRESERVATION DURHAM PRESENTS PEOPLE + PLACE SPEAKER SERIES
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
5:30pm to 6:30pm
College Heights Historians: Melva Rigel and Beverly Evans
Join Preservation Durham for the first Speaker Series of the year. Our speaker series seek to connect people with places that creates Durham’s cultural heritage. College Heights historians Melva Rigel and Beverly Evans will lead us into greater awareness about the who’s who in the historic black neighborhood, College Heights. In January 2019 this historic black community was approved to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
BUSINESS AND CORPORATE PARTNERS CONTACT US TO SPONSOR OUR PEOPLE + PLACE SPEAKER SERIES AT april@preservationdurham.org.
About Us
Preservation Durham is made up of folks who believe that place is important and that our past helps to shape our future. We want Durham to embrace growth and change but also to protect its sense of place – its unique identity in the Triangle – and to remain open and available to all in our community. Everyone’s story has a place.
