There is still time to get your tickets for an unforgettable evening! Over the past few months, we've gathered stories from our organization’s 50-year history to share at our anniversary event, featuring a timeline starting in 1974. This evening is a heartfelt Thank You to our community, members, partners and supporters for all we’ve accomplished together. Join us, and invite others, to learn about Durham's preservation journey and show your support for the future. We’ll have food, drink, jazz, a silent auction and even limited edition 50th anniversary PD t-shirts for sale. The event will also celebrate our 2024 Preservation Durham award winners, selected from nominations you submitted. Scroll down later in the email for more on awards.
The event is Tuesday, November 19th from 6-8pm at the Fruit (305 S. Dillard St). This is a free event open to the public, with a suggested donation of $25/person.
Preservation Durham’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
Tuesday, November 19, 6-8pm, The Durham Fruit
In case you need to hear it again… tickets are still available for our 50th Anniversary Celebration this month! We hope you’ll join us and journey through time and delve into the preservation stories of the past 50 years in Durham. Share drinks and appetizers with friends as we celebrate our community preservation award winners and toast to the next 50 years! This event is free and open to everyone with a suggested donation of $25/person for those who are able. Invite friends, family, neighbors, everyone!
Join the Friends of Geer Cemetery tomorrow, Saturday, November 2nd, for a tour of historic Geer Cemetery, newly listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a model example of important historic preservation work in our Durham community. The tour will illuminate a history too often unseen, that of the cemetery itself as well as the African Americans laid to rest there and the role they played in building Durham. The tour is free for Preservation Durham and Friends of Geer Cemetery Members, $15 General Admission. Space is limited and advanced registration is required for a timed tour. A few spots are still available in the 11:30am tour and 2:30pm tour but will be closed tonight. Day of registration will not be permitted due to limited space.
Preservation Durham is excited to recognize the following people, projects, and organizations with for their outstanding work in Durham County preservation with annual Awards of Merit. Nominations from the public were reviewed and selected by a committee for celebration at our 50th Anniversary event on November 19. Preservation Durham Awards of Merit seek to broaden our preservation community by showing what preservation looks like across Durham County.
Carie Chesarino, for NC Modernist
Indigenous Memories. Photo: Dr. Nishani Frazier and Dr. Carter Clinton of North Carolina State University.
We shared that Durham-based Pier and Curtain Home was recognized with Preservation NC’s Gertrude S. Carraway Award last month, but Andrew “Andy” Edmonds, a long time Preservation Durham volunteer and tour guide, was also recognized for outstanding impact and leadership at the annual statewide Historic Preservation Conference last month. Andy has worked on numerous preservation based projects with the State Historic Preservation Office, most notably as the GIS specialist that creates maps for HPO Web, North Carolina African American Heritage Commissions, Highway Historical Markers Program, and Land and Water Fund. This award is well-deserved and we send our congratulations! Click the button below if you’d like to watch the video from the award ceremony which includes interviews with Andy as well as Pier and Curtain.
Unfortunately we have to reschedule the November 14 book talk. We’re actively working on scheduling an alternative date and will share it as soon as we have it confirmed. If you’ve already registered, you’ll receive an email with the new date and any additional details. We’re apologize for the inconvenience!
We have been celebrating cemeteries this fall with cemetery tours! Cemeteries are important historic landscapes within our communities ripe with history and ties to our collective past. Cemeteries act as the final resting place of citizens ranging from the famous and wealthy to the everyday individual. Our cemetery tours highlight numerous subjects including grave marker characteristics, impactful citizens, and difficult stories of slavery and loss. While the Maplewood Cemetery tour has passed, there is still time to get tickets for the Historic Geer Cemetery timed tours on November 2nd!
Our cemetery tours are led by local volunteers who have dedicated themselves to learning the vast history of these cemeteries and sharing them with the public. We want to thank our volunteers for all of the hard work they have, and continue to do with Preservation Durham! While cemetery tour season is coming to a close, you can always reach out to schedule a private tour with a Preservation Durham tour guide!
If you’re not a night owl you may be wondering what “The Fruit” is that will be the backdrop to our 50th Anniversary event later this month. Voted Durham's ‘Best Kept Secret’ and the Triangle’s ‘Best Place to Dance,’ it’s an award-winning arts warehouse and hub for experimental artists. But before it was a spot to boogie down…? It was a fruit and produce wholesaler when it opened in 1926. Visit it’s page on Open Durham to read more about it’s long and creative history before you visit in person on the 19th.
Local events and news from us and our partners in preservation you may be interested in.
- Historic Geer Cemetery Tour. November 2, Timed Tours. Join the Friends of Geer Cemetery for a tour of the historic cemetery and learn how this cemetery is a model of important historic preservation work in our community. Timed tour tickets and more information here.
- Indigenous Beading Workshops in Partnership with Indigenous Memories. November 2, 10am-12pm. Check out this collaborative event with one of our event members and partners. Registration here.
- Roots and Soul: Walking with Pauli Murray. November 9, 10-11:30am. Tour goers will visit 6 stops and be inspired by Pauli Murray's legacy and the unique contributions of the Fitzgerald family to the educational, economic, and cultural fabric of Durham. Tickets.
- Pauli Murray Birthday Celebration. November 16, 10 am-2 pm. Join the Pauli Murray Center’s special drop-in celebration from 10 AM - 2 PM, featuring free entry and the chance to explore our inaugural exhibit. Stop by to say hello, and indulge in a delicious custom Pauli Murray cupcake from @rocakestudio!
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