Goodnight Raleigh - a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night
Built in 1949, 201 S. Boylan Avenue is an early example of Raleigh modernist architecture and was first home to Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. PPG occupied the space until the early 1970s when the building changed ownership. Now, it is occupied by Boylan Bridge Brewpub, a bar/restaurant that boasts “The best view in Raleigh.”
For our second installment of Raleigh, Then and Now, we take you down Hillsborough street. Located less than a mile from The North Carolina State Capitol sits a building that has served Raleigh for quite a long time. Built in 1915, 1207 Hillsborough street was first occupied by a drug store and a US Post Office substation. A small apartment on the second floor provided shelter for an NCSU professor.
Top: 1947, Bottom: 2012. Top image courtesy NC Dept. of Archives and History
Pictured is 302 S West Street, the building currently houses Flanders Gallery. In 1947, Swift and Company, a meat warehouse, occupied the space.
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