Jack was responsible for the entire
Lost Treasures 
section on our site. He was one of the keeper of the keys. He encouraged all of us to remember what we tore down and fought to preserve our historical buildings and places.
He will be missed.

Jack Orr Boyte was a Charlotte native. Educated in local schools, he graduated from old Central High School. A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, he has practiced architecture in North Carolina and bordering states for more than thirty years. As a historic restoration specialist, he completed projects throughout North and South Carolina.

His local work includes the historic house restoration at Cedar Grove and the Torrance House and Store, Latta Historic Farm, Holly Bend, the Hezekiah Alexander Spring House and site development, and two houses on Main Street, Davidson.

In Wadesboro is the award winning Boggan-Hammond House. Others are the 18^th century village of Rockford in Surry County, main street Chester, Limestone College’s Confederate archives and the Lancaster County Court House.

He has received the Robert Stipe Award given annually by the N.C. Preservation Foundation for statewide professional achievement in historic preservation.

Mr. Boyte was a member of the American Institute of Architects Historic Resources Committee for a dozen years and chairman of the North Carolina section of the committee for eight years. For ten years he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Preservation Foundation of North Carolina and chaired its Board of Advisors. He was an appointed member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Properties Commission (now Historic Landmarks) for six years and chairman for two years.

For several years Mr. Boyte was a guest columnist for The Charlotte News and The Charlotte Observer, and has authored numerous papers and studies on historic preservation, including the CPCC course on local History and Preservation.