Preservation North Carolina (Organization)

Founded in 1939, Preservation North Carolina (PNC) is North Carolina's only private nonprofit statewide historic preservation organization. Its mission is to protect and promote buildings, landscapes and sites important to the diverse heritage of North Carolina. PNC has been involved in a number of programs and activities. Through its award-winning Endangered Properties Program, PNC has acquired endangered historic properties and then found purchasers to rehabilitate them. Since the early 1980s PNC has been an ally of the North Carolina Main Street program. Since the late 1980s, PNC has worked to find adaptive uses for dozens of abandoned historic schools. In 1997 PNC advocacy efforts led to the creation of rehabilitation tax credits by the NC General Assembly. In 2006, legislation for an additional incentive to rehabilitate historic mills and industrial buildings was enacted. Among Preservation NC's other activities are the operation of two major museum properties (the Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington and Ayr Mount in Hillsborough), awards, workshops, publications, legislative advocacy, and public education (such as heritage education materials for 8th grade classrooms).

From the description of Preservation North Carolina collection of architectural drawings and videotapes 1920-1997 [manuscripts] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 464640282

Founded in 1939, Preservation North Carolina (PNC) is North Carolina's only private nonprofit statewide historic preservation organization. Its mission is to protect and promote buildings, landscapes and sites important to the diverse heritage of North Carolina.

PNC has been involved in a number of programs and activities. Through its award-winning Endangered Properties Program, PNC has acquired endangered historic properties and then found purchasers to rehabilitate them. Since the early 1980s PNC has been an ally of the North Carolina Main Street program. Since the late 1980s, PNC has worked to find adaptive uses for dozens of abandoned historic schools. In 1997 PNC advocacy efforts led to the creation of rehabilitation tax credits by the NC General Assembly. In 2006, legislation for an additional incentive to rehabilitate historic mills and industrial buildings was enacted.

Among Preservation NC's other activities are the operation of two major museum properties (the Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington and Ayr Mount in Hillsborough), awards, workshops, publications, legislative advocacy, and public education (such as heritage education materials for 8th grade classrooms).

From the guide to the Preservation North Carolina collection of architectural drawings and videotapes, 1920-1997, (Special Collections Research Center)