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| August 21, 2001 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Doug Smith

Aug. 21--Twelve years ago, Shirley Fulton was one of the first urban pioneers to buy a house in Wesley Heights, an inner-city neighborhood fighting back from blight and neglect.

Now the Mecklenburg Superior Court judge is launching yet another pioneering effort in the same neighborhood, slightly west of the Interstate 277 loop between West Morehead Street and Tuckaseegee Road.

Fulton is restoring the George Pierce Wadsworth House, one of the oldest and largest in Wesley Heights, as a conference center at 400 S. Summit Ave., about two blocks north of West Morehead and the Open Kitchen Restaurant.

The house's features are striking: an arched stained-glass window over the main staircase, a glassed-in…

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