This Saturday, November 2nd, the RHDC and Raleigh Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Commission are hosting a bike ride and tour of Raleigh’s historic buildings. It is in part to promote RHDC’s new mobile app.

The Raleigh Historic Development Commission is a great group of people promoting awareness of Raleigh’s rich history in architecture, and it’s exciting that they are bringing their research and information to a new platform.

Please join RHDC and the Raleigh Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Commission for the Raleigh Historic Bike Ride on November 2nd at 10:00 a.m. beginning at the Raleigh Little Theatre’s Amphiteater. Explore Raleigh’s historic landscapes and RHDC’s new mobile app, Raleigh Historic. The bike ride will conclude at 12:00 p.m. at Benelux Cafe, where you can win raffle prizes!

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Raleigh Little Theater

The event starts at 10AM November 2nd at the Raleigh Little Theatre. A fitting place to start, as this building was one of the earliest in Raleigh constructed in the new International Style of modernism.

If you’d like to read up on a few of the historic buildings on the ride, we’ve listed them in order of the suggested route:

• Raleigh Little Theatre/Amphitheater/Rose Garden
• Dr. Z.M. Caveness House
• John W. Thompson House
• Boylan Apartments
• Joel Lane House
• Capital Club Building
• Federal Building (Century Post Office)
• Carolina Trust/Mahler Buildings
• Briggs Hardware Building
• Arkansas Delaware and Vermont Connecticut Royster Confectioners Building
• Raleigh Banking And Trust Company Building (Raleigh Building)
• Old Masonic Temple Building
• Early Store Building (Heilig-Levine)
• Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Building
• Raleigh Furniture Building
• Delany Building
• Montague Building
• Tabernacle Baptist Church
• Leonidas R. Wyatt House
• Murphey School
• Capehart House
• Lee House
• Higgs-Coble-Helms House
• Andrews-Duncan House
• Heck-Andrews House
• Hawkins-Hartness House
• Andrews-London House
• Bailey-Bunn House
• Executive Mansion, Burke Square
• Richard B. Haywood House
• Capital Apartments
• City Market

This will be a fun event. Grease up the chain, put air in those tires, strap on a helment, and see some wonderful architectural treasures this Saturday.

More information:

• Raleigh Historic Bike Ride (RHDC)
• Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC)