Goodnight Raleigh - a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night
This week’s Flashback Friday postcard depicts the old YMCA building on the NC State University campus.
The YMCA was built in 1913 with partial funding from oil tycoon and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller.
The Park Hotel, later named Hotel Raleigh, was built in 1893 at 138 West Martin Street. It was designed by the enigmatic A.G. Bauer, who also designed the Governor’s Mansion and the old Meredith College building downtown.
This week for Flashback Friday we’re publishing six postcards depicting various ‘tourist homes’ which once lined US Route 1 (Wake Forest Rd./Person St.) through Raleigh. As Raleigh is about halfway between New York and Florida, our city became a popular overnight stop-over for the traveling public.
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