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Where in Raleigh? #1

Somewhere in Raleigh is this inscription – LIBRARY. Do you know where it’s at? It’s been here since 1913.

Then and Now: Jade Garden

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.

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Raleigh, Then and Now: Flanders Gallery

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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