Goodnight Raleigh - a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night

Sir Walter Hotel Lobby

The Sir Walter Hotel is the last remaining grand hotel of the early 20th century in Raleigh.

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Project Bird’s Eye View: Main Building, Peace Institute

One of the few four-story structures in the 1872 Bird’s Eye View map of Raleigh is the Main Building of Peace Institute. In this installment of Project Bird’s Eye View, we’ll take a look at this historic Raleigh institution which had a rather tumultuous beginning.

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A Look at Raleigh’s ‘Folk Victorians’

1890 Bretsch House, Blount Street

Although many of its finest examples were destroyed in the 1960s and 1970s, Raleigh maintains a relatively large stock of Victorian houses. Perhaps the most frequently overlooked houses from this era are Folk Victorians.

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