7604 Fiesta Way, Raleigh NC 27615 Sold! This four bedroom, three bath home in the Woodmere Hills neighborhood of Raleigh has new owners! Congratulations to our sellers. More pictures and information are available on the MLS sheet for 7604 Fiesta Way, Raleigh NC 27615.
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Throwback Thursday – Reynolds Coliseum
#TBT – We are throwing back to 1950 and Reynolds Coliseum, located on the North Carolina State University campus. The building was constructed to host a variety of events, including agricultural expositions, as there were no proper indoor facilities at the time. Construction began in 1942, but was halted by the war. The building […]
Throwback Thursday – J.S. Dorton Arena
#TBT – We are throwing back to 1952, and the newly constructed “State Fair Arena” at the N.C. State Fairgrounds. Matthew Nowicki, a professor of architecture at North Carolina State University created the innovative design. He died in a plane accident before construction commenced, and his friend William Henley Dietrick took over the project. […]
Throwback Thursday – North Carolina Museum of Art
#TBT We are throwing back the original location of the North Carolina Museum of Art. This photo depicts a school group visiting the museum in 1963 at its original location. The Museum first opened its doors sixty years ago, in the State Highway Division Building on Morgan Street in downtown Raleigh. It was the […]
Throwback Thursday – Olivia Raney Library, Raleigh NC 1909
#TBT We are throwing back to 1909, and a postcard of the Olivia Raney Public Library, Raleigh’s first library. Raleigh businessman Richard Raney gifted the City of Raleigh a library, which was named in honor his wife, who died one year after their marriage. The building, located at the corner of Salisbury and Hillsborough […]
Throwback Thursday – Colonial Pines Hotel and Resort
#TBT – We are throwing back to 1956 today, and a postcard of the Colonial Pines Hotel and Resort, located two miles south of Raleigh, on Tryon Road near the intersection of U.S. Highway 70. The hotel, which opened in 1933, was surrounded by a pine forest on three sides, and included two 18-hole golf […]
Throwback Thursday – downtown Raleigh 1969
Throwback Thursday – Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
#TBT. We are throwing back to 1936 today, and a postcard of Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. The building was completed in 1932 as a memorial to the soldiers who died in World War I, and as a replacement for the City Auditorium, which had been destroyed by a fire. The new auditorium, constructed by contractor […]
Throwback Thursday – Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel, Raleigh NC
#TBT – Today we are flashing back to the 1920’s and the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel, the oldest surviving hotel building in Raleigh. Constructed in 1923-1924, the building on Fayetteville Street is typical of hotels from the 1920’s. Because of its proximity to the state capital, it housed as much as 80% of the state […]
Throwback Thursday – Raleigh Cabana Motel
#TBT – We are throwing back to the 1960’s today, with a postcard of the Raleigh Cabana Motel. The motel was built in 1962 on the busy 500 block of Salisbury Street, and was one of only three downtown motels. By the late 1970’s, the once vibrant downtown district was full of vacant buildings, and […]