Where in Raleigh?
Many of Raleigh’s venerable oak trees were just adolescents when this photograph was taken. Much has changed since the early 1900’s — our oaks have matured, our population has ballooned and examples of grand residential Neo-classical architecture such as the house pictured here simply don’t exist anymore. They’ve all been razed — all but two, that is. Any of our savvy readers know where this house is in Raleigh?
If you correctly identify the house and the address, we’ll send you a reprinted copy of the photograph. If you’re extra savvy and can identify the *other* remaining example of grand residential Neo-classical architecture in Raleigh, we’ll send you a bonus print of that too!
Good luck — Leave a comment on this page, and remember to include the exact street address in your answer.
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12/05/2013
Goodwin House at 220 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC.
12/05/2013
And I think the other one is the Turner House off Oberlin Road.
12/05/2013
Is the other example the SECU on new bern pl. behind (blocked) by Raleigh apartments?
123 new been pl
12/05/2013
Agree with Ryan on this one. I think the other one is the Tucker House on Person Street.
12/05/2013
414 N. Person to be exact.
12/05/2013
The Democratic Party Headquarters Building – 220 Hillsborough St. Historically known as the Goodwin House. I agree with Justin and think the other Neo-Classical example is the old State Bank – 123 New Bern. Now SECU.
12/05/2013
Oops! I guess the State Bank is commercial, not residential :-P so I think the other Neo-Classical residential building would be the Tucker House?
12/05/2013
The old Andrew Goodwin house at 220 Hillsborough St, Raleigh.
12/05/2013
Was this the building King’s College used at one time?
12/06/2013
Beautiful!
12/06/2013
The picture is 220 Hillsborough St. The other one, I think, would have to be 414 N Person St (Tucker House).
12/07/2013
Would that be the house at 102 W Hillsborough? Across from the Olivia Raney Library. On the northwest corner of Hillsborough and Salisbury. Certainly looks like the steeple of the First Baptist Church behind the house. Did the Raney family live there at one time?
12/10/2013
Congratulations to Ryan and NCSU! Ryan, you correctly guessed the house in the photo and way to go NCSU, you really know your Neo-classical architecture.
We’ll be in touch to get some information from the both of you.
Thanks for commenting!
12/11/2013
Yay! Actually I’m not so erudite. I just tried to think of some BIG OLD HOUSES that are still standing! :)
01/28/2014
Are you sure that this isn’t a photo of the Goodwin House? I’ve seen this photo attributed to the Goodwin House. It has the angled porte-cochere, and I think the steeple is old Edenton Street Methodist. First Baptist was beside, not behind, the Webb House on Capitol Square, so its steeple wouldn’t show up in the photo.
Pleased to say that Preservation NC has covenants on the Goodwin House, so it won’t be demolished.
Does anyone know who the architect was?
01/29/2014
Myrick — The photo IS of the Goodwin House (220 Hillsboro St), now the State Democratic Party HQ. The architect was William P. Rose. http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/people/P000132
RN51 — The old Raney Home, once located at 102 Hillsboro St, was demolished many decades ago.
01/30/2014
Thank you, gentlemen, for the beautiful photo. Do we know the name of the architect of the Tucker House?
01/30/2014
I mean of course the Garland Tucker House, not the demolished Rufus Tucker House.
10/10/2014
When I was younger, in the late 1980s, I would walk along Hillsborough Street often. I recall admiring this house and often wondering what a grand residence it must have been.
08/13/2018
I was right, too bad I just saw site in 2018. I would love a picture of the house, however. My mom, Victoria Pediaditakis did the interior design of the house in 2001. She was given the job in December 2000 when she was also diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She swore in January she would not die until she finished the project. She finished the job in November one week before she passed away. So the picture would mean a lot to me.
I noticed another article on your blog about the California Fruit store. My great-grandfather was Gus Vurnakis. My grandmother, Pota Vallas, was his oldest daughter, one of the five that lived in Raleigh. She along with my mom and my aunt owned the National Art Interiors on the corner of Hillsborough and Glenwood. The family still owns the building.
08/29/2018
Stephenie,
Wasn’t there a restaurant on N. Person St. that was owned by the Vurnakis family?
12/10/2019
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