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North Carolina Hospital for the Insane (Dorothea Dix Hospital), Raleigh. Built 1850-1852. Image courtesy of NC Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill<\/p><\/div>\n

The Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County, Buncombe County Special Collections and Pack Memorial Library are hosting We Built This: Profiles of Black Architects and Builders in North Carolina<\/em> through October 10. The new traveling exhibit is being presented at Pack Memorial Library in downtown Asheville.<\/p>\n

The traveling exhibit highlights the stories of those who constructed and designed many of North Carolina\u2019s most treasured historic sites. Spanning more than three centuries, We Built This<\/em> provides more than two dozen personal profiles and historic context on key topics including slavery and Reconstruction; the founding of HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) and Black churches; Jim Crow and segregation; and the rise of Black civic leaders and professionals.<\/p>\n

The exhibit is open to the public during normal library hours: Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

For more information about the display, email Erica LeClaire at erica@psabc.org<\/a> or call 828.254.2343. Pack Memorial Library is located at 67 Haywood Street in Asheville. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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