Goodnight Raleigh - a look at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night
Summer 1973 — A day in the life of Ruth and Don and Mother and Claris and Debs. While on a day trip to Raleigh, ‘Debs’ picked up this postcard depicting our city’s ‘beautifully modern municipal building’ and mailed it to friends in Rochester, NY.
The Masonic Temple Building is on the corner of Hargett and Fayetteville Streets and was built in 1907. The Freemasons in Raleigh introduced a new form of construction material to the area, as this building was the first reinforced concrete structure in North Carolina. It was designed by South Carolina architect Charles McMillan and cost $120,000 to build.
Flashback Friday redux — A few weeks ago we published Beautiful Raleigh, N.C., an aerial postcard view of downtown Raleigh. Though undated, readers narrowed down the date of that card to 1982-83. Care to give it another try with this one?
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