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Raleigh’s ‘Second Round Building’ — the Holiday Inn (Downtown) [Updated]

A few weeks ago we published a postcard depicting Raleigh’s Woman’s Club on Hillsboro St. in the 1940s. This Holiday Inn, the “area’s first round inn,” was built on the site in 1969.

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Auditorium and Municipal Building, Raleigh, N.C.

This week on Flashback Friday we present a ‘two-fer’ — two postcards showing Raleigh’s early 20th century City Auditorium and City Hall — the Municipal Building. The dual-purpose complex was designed by the prominent Atlanta architect P. Thornton Marye in the Beaux Arts style, and was erected in 1910.

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Woman’s Club, Raleigh, N.C.

Our postcard view this week depicts Raleigh’s Mediterranean-styled Woman’s Club building. It was built on Hillsboro St. in 1914 and featured a lounge, dining room, meeting rooms, and apartments for single women.

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