In addition to signature events like the much-anticipated Azalea Festival Home Tour and our Annual Fundraising Luncheon, HWF and Legacy Architectural Salvage host workshops and happenings all year ‘round. We are continually updating our calendar, so check back often!

Impact of Preservation High School Speech Contest

Union Station 411 N Front Street, Wilmington, North Carolina

As part of HWF's Preservation Weekend, join us to watch high school juniors and seniors address the question: Why does historic preservation matter?Competing local juniors and seniors have just five […]

Free

Plaque Research Made Easy

CFCC McLeod Building 411 North Front Street, Wilmington, North Carolina

If you’ve always been curious about your home’s history, you won’t want to miss this fun, informative, FREE how-to presentation on Wilmington’s popular historic plaque program. As part of HWF's Preservation Weekend, professional researcher and Historic Wilmington Foundation Plaque Committee member Carol Bragale will walk you through the historic plaque application with invaluable research tips, […]

Free

HWF Presents: Wilmington on Fire (Film Screening)

The Art Factory (at Waterline Brewing Co.) 721 Surry St, Wilmington, North Carolina

As a part of HWF's Preservation Weekend, we proudly present a *FREE* film screening of "Wilmington on Fire," a documentary about the coup d'état of 1898. To remember our past, and to push for a better future, HWF invites you to join us.“Wilmington on Fire” documents the only successful coup d'état in U.S. history, a […]

Free