Land Acquisition Revolving Fund
T
he Guilford Battleground Company in partnership with the Piedmont Land Conservancy established the Guilford Courthouse Land Acquisition Revolving Fund for acquisition of critical battlefield lands within the Guilford Courthouse National Landmark Area. The area around the park is popular and hosts over 800,000 visitors each year to its historic grounds. This area is also very desirable real estate for commercial and residential development due to its location in the city.
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ey tracts of the battlefield will be lost if action is not taken quickly and properties purchased when they become available for sale. Today approximately 25 percent of the original Revolutionary War battlefield is protected. Much of the original battlefield has been irreversibly lost to development.
GBC History
- Judge David Schenck's Vision
- Guilford Battle Ground Company Incorporates - 1887
- Monuments and Land Development
- A Shrine for Patriots
- Hundreds Come for Celebrations
- The Battlefield Gains National Status
- Rallying Citizens to Overcome Threats
- Tannenbaum Historic Park
- Greene's Campaign: Shillings for the General
- Land Acquisition Revolving Fund
- National Historic Landmark