Living Legends
May serves as National Historic Preservation Month, a month dedicated to events promoting historic places, heritage tourism, and instilling a sense of national and community pride.
On May 1 from 4–6 p.m., the Forsyth County Historic Resources Commission kicks off a month of local events by inviting the public to an open house of two historic landmarks: John W. Fries’ 1884 Hylehurst and the 1901 Col. William Allen Blair House. Stationed side-by-side on S. Cherry Street, the properties are both listed on the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places—the official list of America’s historic places worthy of preservation. Both homes have been converted into office space in recent decades, and both are currently on the market.
(Winston-Salem Monthly, 4/29/2016)