Why Choose Historic Preservation for Your Next Home or Business Location

On May 19, 2014, the Salisbury Post published this article written by Catherine Garner:

True or false: Historic buildings are always money pits and fixing them up never does any good, except by making a dilapidated building look less ugly?

False! Historic preservation, and in particular, the rehabilitation of historic buildings, results in significant positive financial impacts to the economy at the federal, state and local levels.

In fact, in a report published by Preservation North Carolina, the state’s preservation non-profit organization, the North Carolina Historic Tax Credit program in combination with the federal rehabilitation incentives generated $1.36 billion dollars in project expenditures on just over 2,100 rehabilitation projects since 1998 across North Carolina alone.

How is this possible? According to Donovan Rypkema, a real estate and economic development consultant who specializes in the economic impact of historic preservation, new construction cost is generally half materials and half labor expenditures. However, in rehabilitation projects, 60 to 70 percent of project expenditures are labor and the rest is spent on materials.

When materials like sheetrock, shingles or HVAC equipment are purchased, the materials themselves do not generate any additional money, they simply remain and operate in their own vacuum. Yet, when we spend money to purchase services and labor, we hire our community members and neighbors — the plumbers, electricians and contractors. The laborer then spends the money paid to him or her on other goods and services needed, which continues to pump money into our economy and keeps those dollars circulating.

Furthermore, Rypkema has found that $1 million spent on new construction generates on average 30.6 jobs, whereas $1 million spent on rehabilitation creates 35.4 jobs, almost five more jobs per million invested. If a community chooses to spend $1 million dollars on rehabilitation, five to nine more jobs will be created, 4.7 jobs will be created elsewhere in the community because the newly hired or paid workers will spend money and community household incomes will rise — increasing throughout the community by over $100,000 on average.

In fiscal year 2012, the National Park Service, the national office for historic preservation, found that through the $3.15 billion spent by the federal government in tax credit incentive projects, approximately 57,783 new jobs were created in the United States. The numbers do not lie — preservation makes economic sense.

What about the impact in North Carolina? Since 1998, federal and state rehabilitation tax credits have encouraged over $1.36 billion dollars in private investment in North Carolina alone. This private investment in combination with the tax credit incentives has created more than 20,000 new full-time jobs.

Not considering the post-rehabilitation impacts, such as tourism, the income-producing rehabilitation tax credits create an estimated $12.5 million dollars in gross domestic product (GDP) per year in North Carolina, which generates about 300 new jobs each year.

Even more impressive are the Mill Rehabilitation Credits, a larger incentive package for the rehabilitation of old textile mills and factories in North Carolina. The Mill Rehabilitation Credits generate $30.4 million in GDP per year for North Carolina and generates 600 new jobs, and that’s just the beginning.

Rypkema makes a very compelling point about the economics of historic preservation by noting that historic preservation and downtown revitalization are the only forms of economic development that also develop the community at the same time.

Reinvesting in our community’s buildings and workers not only boosts the economy, but it creates jobs for our fellow community members and makes the community a more attractive and functional place.

Have you ever thought about taking on a rehabilitation project? No matter how large or small, you’ll not only be doing right by the building you save, but you’ll be doing right by your community and making a measurable difference in the economy, and that’s something worth putting your money toward!

Catherine Garner is a planner for the City of Salisbury.

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On Thursday, May 22, 2014, the Historic Salisbury Foundation will recognize REALTOR® Greg Rapp for his preservation efforts in the marketing and selling historic homes and commercial buildings, sustaining historic preservation and the rehabilitation of historic buildings here in Rowan County, North Carolina, helping to create significant positive financial impacts to the economy in this community.

Are you interested in reinvesting in a community?  Why not here, in Rowan County?  Call Greg Rapp at 704.213.6846 and we'll get the wheels turning for you!

Greg Rapp

Wallace Realty Co.

704 213 6846 Mobile

704 636 2021 Office

www.realestatesalisbury.net

One Home at a Time ~ The Chestnut Hill Neighborhood

In today's Salisbury Post ~ a wonderful article about the Chestnut Hill Neighborhood Revitalization and the homes the Realtor® Greg Rapp sold through the Historic Salisbury Foundation to kick-start the energy in this neighborhood!

The following is adapted and excerpted from the Salisbury Post, 

Wineka column: Can Chestnut Hill make a comeback? 

Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 1:33 a.m. 

To read the full article, click HERE:
http://www.salisburypost.com/article/20140312/SP01/140319897/1184/wineka-column-can-chestnut-hill-make-a-comeback

"With the way it looked before, few people would have tackled this house at 814 S. Jackson St. But Stevens, 51, says he saw the 1900 house's “good bones” and hopes it can be a place where he can live the rest of his life.  Stevens also is taking a chance on Chestnut Hill, the sometimes forgotten area of Salisbury between the West Square Historic District and Fulton Heights.

In width, Chestnut Hill extends from South Main to Fulton streets; in length, from Thomas Street south to include one of the city's greatest assets, the park-like Chestnut Hill Cemetery.  For much of the 20th century, Chestnut Hill stood as an important working-class neighborhood in Salisbury.  Now it's an area targeted for revitalization. It faces challenges such as absentee landlords and neglected properties, transient residents, changing demographics, increasing crime and withering church memberships.

Over the past year, a quiet movement has started, aimed at reversing Chestnut Hill's decline. It started with Historic Salisbury Foundation's taking options on three neglected houses on South Jackson Street.

Goals include saving and rehabilitating Chestnut Hill's historic houses; returning homes to single-family, owner-occupied status; making the neighborhood safer, cleaner and more attractive; gaining official recognition of Chestnut's Hill historic importance (possibly a National Register nomination); and finding ways to bring residents together regularly and make them feel like stakeholders again.  Street signs are being designed and created to designate the Chestnut Hill boundaries and promote the neighborhood's identity.  Planning has started on forming a neighborhood watch group.

And people such as Stevens, and his next door neighbors, Timothy and Elysia Demers, are approaching their new stake in Chestnut Hill as one room, one house and one block at a time.

Stevens bought his South Jackson Street home from Historic Salisbury Foundation for $12,000 — the price of a good used car.

He liked the high ceilings, hardwood floors, old bathroom tiles, ornate woodwork, the front porch and a garage that's big enough to hold his classic 1965 LeMans convertible and still leave room for a workshop.  “I had that view,” Stevens says. “I could see all the potential in the house. And I've loved old houses, always.”  Much of his first four months has been spent tearing out things, such as closets that hid mantels or replacing wood damaged by water coming in through broken windows.

Stevens considers 80 percent of the work cosmetic. He has a full-time job as a handyman, but he spends two hours every morning working on the house before going to his regular job. He returns in the evenings and on weekends to keep working — he can handle all the plumbing, wiring and carpentry himself.  The walls were painted in neon pinks, oranges, greens and yellows, and previous tenants and vandals seemed to damage parts of the house just for the sake of tearing them up.  “It was a real big mess,” Stevens says.  He expects to be living in the house within four weeks. It will cost him less than what he was paying in rent.   Stevens consciously spends time talking to his neighbors. He likes the mix of people in Chestnut Hill — white, black, Latino, old and young, he says.  “You get to know your neighbors, and they look out for you,” Stevens says.

Of three houses on South Jackson Street that Historic Salisbury Foundation took options on, two have been sold ~ (by Realtor® Greg Rapp with Wallace Realty). Susan Sides, a local historian and past president of the foundation, says the organization is looking at options on a couple of other properties.  “One home at a time,” she says. “... This neighborhood offers new opportunities for home ownership.”  

While there is a solid inventory of homes, the Chestnut Hill challenges include many rental properties with absentee owners, and several properties have become nuisances and eyesores. For example, there is a house  that is burned out and eaten up with termites. Chestnut Hill streets reveal several other boarded-up homes.  Sides stresses demolition isn't necessarily the answer and she supports a city moratorium both on demolition or using dilapidated houses in Chestnut Hill for fire training.

Timothy Demers and his wife, Elysia, recently bought the two-story Victorian house next to Stevens on South Jackson Street. As with Stevens, they are tackling their restoration of the house room by room. Timothy Demers says concentrating on each task daily has been highly therapeutic in his continuing recovery from a brain injury.

The couple bought the house through Historic Salisbury Foundation for $17,500, via Realtor® Greg Rapp.  “We're pretty proud of it,” Demers says, though he acknowledges the home, which once served as a duplex, was in horrible shape and still presents many challenges ahead.  The couple are doing much of the renovations themselves. As for Chestnut Hill, “we all have a goal to live in a nice, clean neighborhood,” Timothy says. “I want people to feel safe walking through the neighborhood.”  Demers says nobody, in a long time, has loved their new house like they do.  “We've had the opportunity to come in and do the job, and we're the people for it,” Timothy says. “I feel like we're in the right place.”  (Mark Wineka, Wineka Column: Can Chestnut Hill Make a Comeback, Salisbury Post, March 12, 2014)

With all of its challenges, today's Chestnut Hill has many assets to build on such as many locally owned and viable businesses, a good stock of older homes, the long established churches and the city-maintained Chestnut Hill Cemetery.  If you think you'd like to be a part of an exciting neighborhood revitalization, contact Greg Rapp at 704.213.6846 and get involved today!  You, too,  could own a home for the price of a used car and a little elbow grease!

Greg Rapp ~ Southern Hospitality ~ British Charm ~ Across the Pond Bed & Breakfast

An article from the Salisbury Post, Sunday February 23, 2014, by Emily Ford
http://www.salisburypost.com/article/20140223/SP01/140229877/0/SEARCH&slId=3

Across the Pond: Southern hospitality, British charm on display at Fulton Street bed and breakfast

'With a combination of Southern hospitality and British charm, Andy and Mary Walker have opened a bed and breakfast in one of Salisbury’s finest homes and brought to life a pivotal structure that stood vacant for six years.

“We found the perfect owners in the Walkers,” said Brian Davis, executive director for Historic Salisbury Foundation, which sold the house to the English couple last year when they moved to Salisbury from Pittsburgh.

Transforming the 4,700-square-foot Stokes-Snider House at 324 N. Fulton St. into a bed and breakfast allowed the Walkers to purchase the house they fell in love with. They created an income-producing property during a six-month renovation designed to embrace the home’s 95-year history and respect covenants on the property while giving Across the Pond a fresh, contemporary feel with the modern amenities guests expect.

“Developing it into a bed and breakfast showcases not only the house but also their business to visitors to the city,” Davis said. “Since they are recently retired and this is such a large house, for it to become a bed and breakfast really made sense.”

Mary, 60, a teacher, and Andrew, 58, a civil engineer, had planned to downsize in retirement. They abandoned that intention a year ago when they stepped inside the Colonial Revival house built in 1919 by Dr. J. Edgar Stokes, the resident surgeon at Salisbury’s first hospital, and lived in for 59 years by the prominent Snider family, which donated the home to Historic Salisbury Foundation.

“We both looked at each other...” Mary said.

“And said, ‘Wow,’ “ Andy finished.

The Walkers, who became U.S. citizens after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, had never operated an inn. But
they became superb hosts as Andy’s job took them to Toronto, Cypress, Pakistan and Cairo and they welcomed friends and relatives into their home on four continents. Guests often referred to the Walkers’ home as a “bed and breakfast.”

The Walkers, who settled in Pittsburgh for 24 years after their first son was born, had vacationed in Asheville several times. Tired of Pennsylvania winters, they started their search for a place to retire in the North Carolina mountains. But prices proved too steep and they cast a wider net, looking online for historic homes in the Piedmont.

Salisbury kept popping up, Mary said. They contacted local real estate agent Greg Rapp, who showed them seven properties on a single day in March 2013, including the Stokes-Snider House. They bought the home in July, paying $260,000.

“We sort of fell into the idea of the bed and breakfast after we fell in love with the house first,” Andy said. “We then fell in love with the local community and the city of Salisbury.”Salisbury fit their criteria for a retirement town — walkable, plenty of locally owned restaurants and bars, several museums and theaters, live music and a local newspaper and coffee shop. “We wanted to feel like we were part of a community,” Mary said.

The Walkers already speak with authority about Salisbury. They are not only well-versed in local entertainment and dining options, which they are eager to share with guests, but also have become burgeoning experts on the city’s history as culled from research and time spent with new friends in the historic districts. The couple has studied the storied past of the Stokes-Snider House in detail and can recite the family trees of previous owners almost as easily as their own genealogy.

An earlier resident

Earlier this month, they received a letter from Britt Snider, 69, who grew up in the house and revealed that the sunroom, with its original terrazzo floor, was added in the 1960s and featured an antique billiard table moved from his grandmother’s home at 315 W. Horah St. A “full English” has replaced billiards as the lure to the sunroom, where guests dine on a traditional breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms and toast.

After seeing photos of the bed and breakfast online, “I love what you have done to the place,” Snider wrote. “It is also heartening to realize people are living there again.”  Snider’s sister Kay had intended to return to the house after her parents’ deaths, but she passed away in 2005. His twin brother, Arnie, also died recently.Snider, who taught at the University of Cambridge in England in 1997, said he likes the idea of two transplanted Brits living in his family home.“I couldn’t be more delighted,” he wrote.

Painstakingly renovated by Chad Vriesema and Central Piedmont Builders using local subcontractors, the
home features four bedrooms, each with a private bath, as well as multiple furnaces and heat pumps to provide individual climate control. The Walkers declined to say how much they spent on the renovation.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the house features unique craftsmanship including leaded glass, quarter-sawn oak floors, dentil molding, French doors, pocket doors and seven fireplaces. Inquisitive guests are treated to a tour of the expansive attic with three cedar-lined closets, as well as a peek at the unusual basement, where Andy finally identified the mysterious, cylindrical contraption as a central vacuum system after locating receptors in each room that led to the machine.

Dr. Stokes spared no expense when he built the house. The Walkers literally uncovered the original date of home construction when they pulled down wallpaper in their bedroom and found the signatures of Laster Rahther and Carl Schreiber with the date, “August 1, 1919,” three years earlier than the previous estimated construction date of 1922. The men worked for W.E. Browne Decorating Company in Atlanta, the first full-service interior design firm in the country.  The Walkers framed the signatures and date on the original plaster wall, then painted the rest of the room.

Since Across the Pond opened in January, the Walkers have hosted four couples from Kentucky, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Salisbury and a guest from Oregon. The inn was completely booked for Valentine’s Day.  They hope to have guests 50 percent of the time and believe they will attract three types of customers — locals who know the house, tourists who find the bed and breakfast online and corporations looking for a high-end option for out-of-town clients or executives.

Carving a niche

Across the Pond joins two other bed and breakfasts — Rowan Oak at 208 S. Fulton St. and Turn of the Century at 529 S. Fulton St. — within eight blocks. The Walkers said they hope their unique background and Across the Pond’s contemporary feel will carve out a niche. They also have a partnership with Lee Street Theatre, which is within walking distance, and will offer ticket and room packages.

As they made the life-changing decision last year to buy the grand home and open a B&B, one question loomed — could Mary and Andy work side-by-side, nearly 24 hours a day, seven days a week? The president of a large geotechnical engineering company while the family lived in Pittsburgh, Andy was often away from home, including working for a year at the site of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks.  Now, they work and live in a small portion of the house and are together almost constantly. And they love it.  “We’re a good team,” said Mary, praising Andy as a quick study as he learns to change sheets and prepare a full English.“She’s always been the love of my life,” he said. “We know each other very well.”  The Walkers plan to become even cozier, moving their bedroom into Dr. Stokes’ original medical office behind the main house, freeing up the master bedroom for use as a fourth guest room.

As they globe trotted in the 1980s, the Walkers collected books and art from around the world, which provide a treasure trove for guests at Across the Pond.

Love of music

As a child, Andy saw Eric Clapton perform and became hooked on blues music, including Elvis Presley. His curiosity about who inspired the artists led to a discovery of African American musicians from the 1940s and 1950s, now featured in his extensive music collection and captured in images throughout the inn.

The Walkers became American citizens in 2003 after an arduous two-year naturalization process and have dual citizenship. Andy’s work at the trade center site served as a turning point for the couple, who had been considering citizenship for years.  “That really made us decide we need to become citizens,” Andy said. “This country has done so much for us, and now it’s under attack.”  An American flag flown over the U.S. Capitol in honor of the Walkers’ naturalization now has a place of honor in their library.  “It’s not something we did lightly,” Mary said. “In our mind it’s a real commitment, not just a piece of paper.”

Moving to Salisbury took nearly as much thought. Andy said he and Mary are aware of the city’s problems, including high unemployment. “Salisbury is charming but still has a lot of challenges,” he said. “We didn’t come in blind.”

The Walkers said they hope Across the Pond will become an asset to the community, drawing visitors and Emily Ford, Salisbury Post, February 23, 2014)
tourists from out of town and introducing them to Salisbury and Rowan County.  The couple’s thoughtful renovation and attention to detail as business owners should prove successful, Davis said. Their decision to land in Salisbury speaks to what the community has done collectively for 50 years in saving important structures, he said.  “It’s a win-win for Salisbury and the Walkers,” Davis said. “I really think they are going to do well.” (Emily Ford, Salisbury Post, February 23, 2014)

Check the Testimonials Tab on RealEstateSalisbury.net to see the testimonial from Andy and Mary Walker after working with Realtor® Greg Rapp to find the Stokes-Snider House and beginning the journey to Salisbury, North Carolina.  Want to make this happen for you?  Call Greg at 704.213.6846!

Pops-at-the-Post ~ Saturday June 2nd ~ A Completely Free Community Event

Pops-at-the Post, featuring the Salisbury-Rowan Symphony, is an annual outdoor concert at sundown ~ A completely free community event!

Where: The Salisbury Post loading dock, 131 W. Innes Street, Salisbury, NC. View Map

When: Pops-at-the-Post is hosted annually at 8 p.m. the first Saturday of June.

What makes Rowan County, North Carolina special? Many fun events and festivals allow visitors to experience the community throughout the year. From "Friday Night Out", "Brick Street Live concert series", "Art on Easy Street", Faith's "Fourth of July Festival," "October Tour", "Rowan Jazz & Blues Festival", "Pops-at-the-Post,"  and more, the festivals of Rowan County bring visitors from near and far. Festivals in Rowan County have become synonymous with the celebration of the arts, entertainment, history, community, and family.

A festival that has become tradition in Rowan County is "Pops-at-the-Post." In the heart of Salisbury, NC, nearly 4,000 people come annually to the parking lots behind The Salisbury Post Loading Dock in Downtown Salisbury. At sunset, the Salisbury-Rowan Symphony Orchestra, with conductor David Hagy, provide a free concert to the community. Food vendors offer barbeque, Cheerwine, pizza, and ice cream. Many families and neighborhood groups tailgate in the parking lots, spending quality time together.  Some concertgoers go all-out, bringing tables clothed in fine linens, candelabras, vases of flowers, and arrays of appetizers. Others bring their camp chairs or picnic blanket and take advantage of the food and drink provided by vendors. Concert attendees get a handheld fan with the program printed on the back at the Salisbury Symphony’s tent in the First Bank parking lot. Free Cheerwine will be offered again this year! Look for the Cheerwine trailer in the front corner of the First Bank parking lot.

 

Pops-at-the-Post is a completely free annual community event, featuring a performance by the Salisbury-Rowan Symphony.  Pops-at-the-Post is typically a two-hour concert, with a 15-minute intermission, and two planned encores.

The Salisbury-Rowan Symphony hosted the first Pops-at-the-Post in 2005 as part of the Salisbury Post's centennial celebrations at the Salisbury Post loading dock near the intersection of Church Street and W. Innes Street in downtown Salisbury, North Carolina. So many people came out to see this special performance of the Salisbury Symphony that Pops-at-the Post has turned into an annual community event. Generous sponsors and donors have contributed to keep Pops-at-the-Post a completely free community event. Festivities go on all day, with a pre-concert warm-up from 5 to 7 p.m. by the Salisbury Swing Band.

So again, this Saturday, The Salisbury Post will host the annual Pops-at-the-Post outdoor symphony concert showcasing The Salisbury Symphony. With the weather forecast showing temperatures in the mid-80s by concert time and no rain in sight, Maestro David Hagy will raise the baton for the sunset concert — approximately 8PM on Saturday June 2^nd, 2012.

The program features a mix of traditional patriotic music as well as contemporary favorites, and takes place outside of the loading dock of the Salisbury Post.  Several thousand area residents enjoy the concert each year, held the first Saturday evening in June.  This year’s program includes:  “Star-Spangled Banner” John Stafford Smith; “1712” Overture P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schikele); “Saints” anonymous, W.C. Handy, arranged by Bruce Healey; “Selections From Huck Finn” Billy Burke.

Also “My Heart Will Go On” from Titantic James Horner; “Midway March” from Midway John Williams; “Beach Boys Medley Brian Wilson & Mike Love,arranged by Calvin Cluster; “Music From To Kill A Mockingbird” Elmer Bernstein

“You Can’t Stop The Beat” from Hairspray Marc Shaiman; “Olympic Fanfare And Theme” John Williams; “Lean On Me” & “We Shall Overcome”, Bil Withers and Charles Tindley; “1812” Overture Peter Tchaikovsky; “The Salisbury Post March” John Philip Sousa; and “Stars and Stripes Forever” March John Philip Sousa.

Hagy remembers walking from the Post, Salisbury NC's local newspaper publisher, to the Wrenn House to see where an orchestra might be able to set up for an outdoor concert. As the group chatted as they walked out the door through the loading dock, Hagy noticed the sound echoing back. “Wait a minute”, he thought, “The acoustics are amazing!”

In that moment, the unlikely idea of a concert on a loading dock was born. The loading dock venue has better acoustics than even Tanglewood,and is perfect for the orchestra. The three-foot awning on the front and sides bounces the music from the front of the orchestra to the back. The brass can hear the strings, and that’s so unusual. This was an incredible find!

Pops-a-the-Post was honored earlier this year with an award from the N.C. Main Street Program that awards organizations recognized for excellence in downtown revitalization efforts in categories such as promotion, organization, design and economic restructuring. Pops-at-the-Post received the award for Best Downtown Special Event. The successful Main Street program has proven that revitalizing our downtown areas can help grow local small businesses, attract new investments and create jobs.

Ample parking for the Pops-at-the-Post event is available throughout the Downtown Salisbury area. Vendors will set up along Fisher Street this year by 4 p.m. There is limited handicapped parking in the Post courtyard. A drop-off area is also available at the First Bank lot. Drivers may enter the lot from Innes Street and exit to the right onto Jackson Street.

There are 400 reserved seats available for event sponsors, symphony season ticket holders ,and disabled concert-goers. Any remaining reserved seats become open to the public on a first-come-first-serve basis after 7 p.m.

Tailgate parking opens at 1 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis in the Post employee and First Bank parking lots. The lots close by 7 p.m. or as soon as they are full. You can reserve a tailgating spot so you don’t have to park so early with a $50 donation to Pops-at-the-Post.  To reserve a spot, contact Phillip Winters at the Post, 704-797-4205, or pwinters@salisburypost.com.

Overwhelmingly positive community reaction to the first concert, which celebrated the Salisbury Post’s 100th anniversary, turned the potential for Pops-at-the-Post to become an annual event to a reality. Now, Pops-at-the-Post is a 501(c)(3) organization, which allows for tax-deductible donations.

Want to donate? Supporters can donate to the event online through the Pops-at-the-Post Causes page on Facebook. Or mail donations to: Pops-at-the-Post, P.O. Box 4639, Salisbury, NC 28145

For more information:

• www.popsatthepost.org

• www.facebook.com/PopsatthePost

• www.causes.com, Pops at the Post

The annual Pops-at-the-Post outdoor symphony concert at dusk is just one more reason to make Salisbury, North Carolina your home.  With its incredible selection of historic homes, and vibrant downtown, and its array of community events, Salisbury is the place to be!

So here is your weekend itinerary for June 1-3^rd:

317 S. Shaver Street c. 1900 - $89,900

Friday: Contact Greg Rapp (704.213.6846) for information on homes for sale in Salisbury

Saturday: Attend the Pops-at-the-Post concert

Sunday: Visit the homes of your choice with Realtor Greg Rapp.   

It’ll be a weekend you won’t regret! You can make Salisbury NC your home!


Greg Rapp ~ Wallace Realty ~ 704.213.6846

Why is Salisbury a historic city?

Noted Salisbury preservationist Edward H. Clement wrote a letter to the editor in the Salisbury Post’s “Sound Off” section March 3, 1979. “Why Salisbury is a historic city?” was recently reprinted in the Salisbury Post as part of a current weekly feature recognizing the Historic Salisbury Foundation’s 40th anniversary year.

Follow this link to read this wonderful letter that describes the rich background that make Salisbury, North Carolina a historic city:

http://www.salisburypost.com/News/031312-historic-salisbury-for-page-2A-clement-letter-qcd

To see historic properties for sale in Salisbury, contact Greg Rapp at 704.213.6846 or email Greg at gregrapp@wallacerealty.com.