Woman’s Club, Raleigh, N.C.
Our postcard view this week depicts Raleigh’s Mediterranean-styled Woman’s Club building. It was built on Hillsboro St. in 1914 and featured a lounge, dining room, meeting rooms, and apartments for single women.
Thought you might like to compare this with yours. Apartments upstairs. I was a member once. Isn’t it pretty? Will see you Wednesday.
Love, Grace
Thurs. 8/31/44
The elegant Woman’s Club building graced Hillsboro St for many decades. Sadly, it was demolished in the late 1960s. Do any Goodnight Raleigh readers know what took its place and occupies the site today?
This is an example of a white border  ‘linen’ postcard, a type popular from the 1930s through the 1940s. It was published by Alfred Williams & Co., a long-established Raleigh book and stationery store. The company is still in business, and is currently renovating a building downtown as its corporate HQ and showroom.
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08/12/2011
It was at 314 Hillsborough Street, where the round hotel is today. (The Woman’s Club building was MUCH prettier than the round hotel!)
Do I get a cookie for knowing the answer? Snickerdoodle, please.
08/12/2011
Wow, DM, I’m impressed! I just can’t remember the Woman’s Club being there. When I go back to my early memories, I just remember the Downtown Holiday Inn there.
I do remember when the Woman’s Club moved to the Koger Executive Center off of Glenwood; I went to a wedding reception there in 1972. Do you recall when the one of Hillsboro St. was demolished?
I think you deserve at least a package of Chips Ahoy.
08/12/2011
Wow. That looks pretty amazing…and tranquil. Would be interested in seeing a photo if there are any out there.
08/12/2011
but…DM…don’t you know that the round hotel is an example of a Modernist Masterpiece? (The application of a single core stack containing the building’s physical plant supporting the surrounding usable space, thus maximizing exterior connection with its inhabitants? Additionally the round building’s dissonance with the surrounding street grid makes a non-conformist statement, and challenges the traditional rectangular design of those cookie cutter greek-inspired buildings….right?)
If Harrellson Hall is a Modernist Masterpiece, then a taller example of this construct must also be considered so.
08/12/2011
As a native of Raleigh, I recall passing by the Woman’s Club bldg. many times during my early years and (probably) taking its presence for granted. Then one day it was gone and in its place…. During the summer of 1965, I was a 15 yr. old Candystriper at the old Rex Hospital and we were honored at a luncheon held at the Woman’s Club at the end of the summer–the only time I was in the building. Before my time, my aunt’s wedding reception took place there on a Saturday evening in June, 1948. I understand it was an elegant event.
08/14/2011
Raleighgirl ,just saw your post(I’am a little slow). Yes I attended Daniels Jr. High went to boarding school , then came back to NCSU.Moved to Wilmington, then eventually Elizabeth City,where I presently live.Just retired 6-01-11! My daughter lives in Raleigh so we return frequently.
It is odd to see Hayes Barton pool filled in , sure have alot of fond memories.
We frequent Cameron Village when we visit ,it really has not changed that much.
Are you in the Raleigh area ?
Sincerely,
Conway Chewning
cchewning@roadrunner.com
08/15/2011
Dana, I bet you got straight As on every essay exam you’ve ever had!
08/15/2011
My memory is really fuzzy on this, but I recall the building being on New Bern Ave near its intersection with E Lane St. I may be wrong, so I’m trying to verify or diprove my recollection.
08/15/2011
Yep, totally spaced that recollection. According to the 1926 Raleigh City Directory the Women’s Club was located at 314 Hillsboro St. Where the Clarion Hotel now stands. Formerly the Holiday Inn with a Gulf station on the corner.
08/18/2011
Interestingly, I’ve often seen a house in the Hayes-Barton area that looks like a miniature version of that building. Same architect I wonder.