#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 – 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 […]
#TBT We are throwing back today to the 1960’s, and the iconic Mr. Peanut statue on South Wilmington Street in Raleigh. The statue, over 50 feet tall, stood next to a Planters Peanut and Candy store, and welcomed visitors to Raleigh from miles away. The store and the statue are now gone, replaced by […]
#TBT: Today we are flashing back to 1977, and the moving of the Seaboard Railroad Office Building. Originally called the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Office Building, it was constructed in 1861 in the Italianate Style at the corner of Halifax and North Streets in downtown Raleigh. That area was redeveloped in 1977 as the […]
#TBT – We are throwing back to the late nineteenth century today, and a postcard of the Federal Building, located at 300 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh. It was the first Federal project in the South after the Civil War ended. The building, made in the Second Empire design, was completed in 1878. In 1971, it […]
8004 Chattouga Court, Raleigh NC 27612 Congratulations to our buyers in Raleigh! They have closed on this four bedroom home on a cul-de-sac in the Umstead Ridge neighborhood, just minutes from RDU airport, Research Triangle Park (RTP), and Brier Creek shopping. We think that they picked a great home! More pictures and information can be […]
#TBT It’s mid-August, which means it’s back to school time! We are throwing back today to the beginning of the twentieth century with a postcard of the Baptist Female University, which opened in 1891 in downtown Raleigh, on a one acre lot on Blount Street. The school changed its name in 1904 to the Baptist […]
