#TBT We are throwing back to 1872, and a bird’s eye view of Raleigh. Raleigh is an early example in the United States of a planned city. It was chosen as the site of the state capital in 1788. The city was originally laid out in a grid pattern with the North Carolina State Capitol in Union Square at […]
#TBT – Today we are flashing back to 1966, and a photograph of Haywood Hall. Located at 211 New Bern Place, in the Capital District, it is the oldest residence within Raleigh’s original city limits still in its original location. Its builder, John Haywood, was the first mayor of Raleigh. Constructed in 1799 in the […]
#TBT – Today we are throwing back to 1946, and a photograph of the “Waterfall”. Built in the late 1930’s on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, the wooden structure was a state fair landmark. “Meet Me at the Waterfall” was a common phrase – where friends met up and lost children reconnected with their parents. […]
#TBT – We are throwing back to 1979, and the relocation of Raleigh’s Capehart House. The home was built in 1898 at 403 North Wilmington Street in the Queen Anne style for Lucy Catherine Capehart and her husband, B.A. Capehart. Mrs. Capehart resided there until her death in 1908. It became the home of […]
#TBT – Today we are throwing back to 1910, and the Briggs Hardware building, located at 220 Fayetteville Street. The building is the only 19th century commercial building in Raleigh that remains virtually unchanged since construction, which was completed in 1874. It was Raleigh’s first skyscraper, at four stories (plus a basement). In addition […]
#TBT – We are throwing back to the late 19th century today with a photograph of the historic Mordecai House, located in Mordecai Park. It is the oldest house in Raleigh in its original location. Built in 1785, it was originally the center of a plantation. The oldest section of the home was built by […]
#TBT – Today we are throwing back to 1967, and a photo of the North Carolina Executive Mansion before the fence was constructed. The mansion is situated in the Blount Street Historic District, Raleigh’s most fashionable neighborhood between the Civil War and World War I. Construction of the mansion was begun in 1883 by prisoners […]
