Fall is upon us and the weather this weekend looks to be beautiful! We at Goodnight Raleigh are excited about three upcoming events happening this Saturday, October 15. As our faithful readers know, Goodnight Raleigh celebrates the arts, architecture, history and the community of Raleigh. This Saturday you can experience all this and more. We are happy to announce the Cooke Street Carnival, the Downtown Raleigh Historic Church walk, and Triangle Home Movie Day.

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This week for Flashback Friday we feature this beautifully tinted postcard of Faircloth Hall. The dormitory was built on the old Meredith College campus on Blount St. in 1909. Faircloth Hall was brand new when this postcard was mailed in 1910.

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I love the message on this postcard — “Bunk here tonight. A fairly good hotel.” Actually the famed Yarborough House was Raleigh’s premier lodging and social gathering spot from its establishment in the 1850s until its destruction by fire in 1928.

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