Saved Properties
Homes, humble and grand, and historic buildings
Among the Development Fund’s success stories, seen above, are the Cascade Saloon at 408-410 S. Elm Street, 919 Spring Garden Street and 909 N. Elm Street.
Cascade Saloon, 408-410 S. Elm Street
Squeezed in between two railroad tracks, the 1895 Cascade Saloon is one of downtown Greensboro’s most distinctive buildings. For 30 years, it was an increasingly pernicious eyesore, neglected to the brink of collapse by an indifferent owner.
After years of work, the Fund, partnering with the City of Greensboro, found the perfect restorer and owner-occupant — the Christman Company, a construction company with expertise in historic restoration.
212 Florence Street
The Whitt and Bessie Stone House was rundown and divided into three apartments when the Fund acquired it, but it was still charming. Most of its historic features were still intact. It was built circa 1915 just up the hill from Fisher Park in the Fisher Park Historic District.
210 W. Fisher Avenue
This remarkable 1909 bungalow has cross gables, two front bay windows and a partially enclosed wraparound front porch with rounded corners, supported by fluted Corinthian columns. Now prominently located on the Downtown Greenway in the Fisher Park Historic District, the house is an elegant example of architectural creativity.
919 Spring Garden Street
The prominent Carrie and Charles Angle House in College Hill was saved after a devastating fire in 2011 nearly led to its demolition. The 1907 house was saved by an unprecedented collaboration led by the City of Greensboro, the Preservation Greensboro Development Fund and the College Hill Neighborhood Association.
909 N. Elm Street
The badly neglected Frank Leak House had been vacant for 10 years. When the Fund acquired it in a foreclosure auction in 2017, its most prominent features were the temporary supports propping up the front porch.