#TBT We are throwing back to 1930 today, and to the land that would become Cameron Village. Once a part of the estate of Duncan Cameron, a lawyer, judge and president of the State Bank of North Carolina, this 160 acre section of undeveloped property about two miles west of downtown Raleigh was sold […]
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Throwback Thursday: The State Theatre, Raleigh NC
#TBT We are throwing back to 1940 today, and a crowd waiting at the entrance of the State Theatre to see Gone With The Wind. The State Theatre, located downtown on Salisbury Street, opened in 1924, in the midst of the “Roaring Twenties”. The lower level seated 700 people, while the balcony held an […]
Throwback Thursday – 1927 snowstorm, Raleigh NC
#TBT We are throwing back to 1927, and a photo of Fayetteville Street in Raleigh. The city experienced a record snowfall in March of that year, when nearly 18 inches of snow fell in twenty hours. Business and traffic came to a standstill. Schools and state offices were closed. Some things never change! Happy Thursday! […]
Throwback Thursday – Yellow Gables Inn, Raleigh NC
We are flashing back to the 1930’s today, with a postcard of the Yellow Gables Inn. Built around 1925 by William and Ella Johnson, it was a Tudor Revival motel that capitalized on the increasing tourist traffic on Old Wake Forest Road. Until Interstate 95 and Capital Boulevard were built in the 1950s, this road […]
Throwback Thursday – Raleigh’s Giant Acorn
#TBT We are throwing back to 1992 today, the year that Raleigh’s Giant Acorn was created. Sculptor David Benson was commissioned to make the piece to celebrate Raleigh’s bicentennial and to honor its nickname as the “City of Oaks”. The sculpture is on permanent display in Moore Square 364 days a year, but on […]
Throwback Thursday – Boylan Pearce Building decorated for Christmas 1948
#TBT We are flashing back to 1948 and the Boylan Pearce building in Raleigh, which was decorated for Christmas. Constructed in 1911 in the Beaux Arts design tradition, the building was over 25,000 square feet. During the first half of the twentieth century, Fayetteville Street was the region’s main shopping district and Boylan-Pearce was the […]
Throwback Thursday – Hugh Morson High School, Raleigh NC
Throwback Thursday – Mint Cola Bottling Company, Raleigh NC
#TBT – We are throwing back to 1910 and the Mint Cola Bottling Company in Raleigh. Mint Cola Bottling Company was located in the Prince Hall Masonic Temple building on the northeast corner of South Blount and Cabarrus Streets in downtown Raleigh. Built in 1906, the Masonic Temple served as a meeting place for […]
Throwback Thursday – Manmur Bowling Alley, Raleigh
#TBT We are throwing back to 1940 today, and the Manmur Bowling Alley in Raleigh. Constructed in 1939 on the 2500 block of Hillsborough Street, it was built on a vacant lot previously occupied by the main building of the State Fairgrounds. The bowling alley was the principal tenant of the building, which also included […]
Throwback Thursday – The Pine State Creamery
#TBT – We are throwing back to 1928 today, the year that the Pine Street Creamery in Raleigh was built. Pine State Creamery was a dairy supplier for much of the Triangle during the 20th century; the company was established in Raleigh in 1919 as a dairy farmers cooperative, when troops stationed at nearby Camp […]