{"nrhp_refnum":"90000855","name":"Guilford College","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"5800 W. Friendly Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensboro","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":36.09424561900005,"lon":-79.88193784221704,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Other","Education","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 300-acre college campus district at 5800 West Friendly Avenue in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, with brick Colonial Revival, Neo-Classical Revival and Gothic Revival buildings around a wooded quadrangle, plus faculty housing and undeveloped land.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the campus is a coherent collection of conservative brick college buildings dating from 1885 to the start of World War II, reflecting Quaker taste and the Jeffersonian academical village idea. The large undeveloped farm and forest land to the east sets it apart from many schools. The college grew out of the New Garden Boarding School, founded by Quakers in 1837.","narrative":"Guilford College occupies a 300-acre tract in Greensboro, North Carolina, about 80 acres of it developed. Its core is a landscaped, tree-shaded quadrangle reached by a straight promenade from Friendly Avenue. Around it stand two-story brick buildings in Colonial Revival and Neo-Classical Revival styles, along with one Gothic Revival building, Archdale Hall, built in 1885. Most of the historic buildings date from 1897 to 1912, and faculty housing was added in the 1930s. The campus grew from the New Garden Boarding School, opened by Quakers in 1837. Its restrained building designs reflect Quaker taste. The eastern part of the property, once farmed by the college as a model farm, remains largely forest and old fields, which sets the campus apart from many other schools. Later buildings and renovations have changed some interiors and added newer structures, but the scale, materials and landscape keep the campus coherent.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Russell (builder of the 1837 original Founders Hall)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Neo-Classical Revival, Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a college; some buildings have been altered or added since 1940, and a new library addition was under construction.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.015439-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/7206/47720636/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90000855.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000855/dfc95ce68b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000855/dfc95ce68b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Parkram412 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guilfordcollegewalkway.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Parkram412 at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guilfordcollegewalkway.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720636","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115755844"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/guilford-college-90000855/"}