#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 […]
#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 […]
#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! […]
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 […]
#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 […]
#TBT We are throwing back to the 1950’s today with a photograph of Hugh Morson High School. The high school was located at the intersection of New Bern Avenue and Person Street in Raleigh. It served as a high school from 1925 until 1955, and then became a junior high school. At the time […]
#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 […]
#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. […]
