Located on Blount St., this was among the first grand houses to be built in the area after the Civil War.

According to the National Park Service,

With the purchase of the one-acre lot in Raleigh, the capital city became the Hecks’ permanent home. On July 22, 1869, Raleigh builders Wilson and Waddell were contracted to erect “a three story house, with tower, slate and french roof, all materials to be of the very best, and to be put up in the very best manner.” The building’s architect was G. S. H. Appleget, who also designed the Andrews-Duncan house just across North Street, and Shaw University’s Estey Hall.

The house is also marked by a historic sign which marks the life of one of the residents, Fannie E.S. Heck. According to it, she was a social activist, writer, and led the Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union after 1892. She was also a benefactor of Meredith College.

A shot of the post office in which my dog walked in front of the camera.

According to the National Park Service, the dean of the College of Design at North Carolina State College was instrumental in recruiting several modernist architects to the area. One of these modernist architects was G. Milton Small, who arrived in the area around the same time as the founding of the School of Design at North Carolina State College in 1948.

From the NPS web site:

Small’s own office building, completed in 1966, summarizes key elements of his work over the previous 20 years. To make the best use of a tiny site, the occupied space of the building is raised a story on steel columns, allowing for parking and a fountain-lined entrance walkway underneath.

The G. Milton Small Building is on the National Register of Historic Places.