Aug 9, 2017 | Community, Education, Entertainment, Events, History, Innovation, Technology
11 West Jones Street, Raleigh 27601 Hours: Monday to Saturday 9am -5pm, Sunday: 12 – 5pm. The NC Museum of Natural Sciences was founded in 1887 by decree of the NC General Assembly to “illustrate the…natural history of the state” It has been doing just that for 130...
Aug 2, 2017 | Community, Education, Entertainment, History, Innovation
City of Raleigh Museum 220 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh 27610 Hours: Tuesday- Saturday: 9 AM – 4 PM, Sunday: 1 – 4:00 PM. Located in the historic Briggs Hardware building in the heart of downtown, The City of Raleigh Museum reflects a time continuum of the...
May 8, 2017 | Community, History, Neighborhood
By Clodagh Bastian – I pulled into the parking lot on Raleigh’s west side on one of the coldest mornings this year. A small cluster of people stood waiting while several men set up a row of folding tables. As I approached, I was greeted by one of them: John...
Feb 17, 2017 | City Council, History, Neighborhoods, Preservation
By Ann Sides – Two reconstruction-era homes along Oberlin Road may be restored and re-purposed as offices for Preservation North Carolina (PNC). It’s a project warmly supported by the surrounding community. However, further progress awaits a City of Raleigh...
Jul 9, 2012 | History, Neighborhood, South West Raleigh
Caraleigh Mill, located at 421 Maywood Avenue, is a designated a Raleigh Historic Landmark and is also listed in the National Register of Historic Places. As one of three surviving late nineteenth century textile mills in Raleigh, the original 1892 mill building is an...
Jan 11, 2012 | History, South West Raleigh
The planned community of Renaissance Park that is rising in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of South Wilmington Street and Tryon Road is located on the site of the Raleigh Municipal Airport that served this area during the early decades of the airline...
