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

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*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.

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

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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.