#1 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Raleigh City Auditorium
Raleigh NC
~0.04 miles from Raleigh city center
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Raleigh Memorial Auditorium opened in 1932 to replace the city's original 1912 City Auditorium, which burned in 1930. The auditorium's name commemorates Raleigh citizens who died serving their country during World War I.
Situated downtown at the southern end of Fayetteville Street, the Greek Revival structure is an architectural complement to the North Carolina State Capitol located a few blocks away at the northern terminus of the street. The removal of the obstructive original Raleigh Convention Center in 2005 (now replaced with a building on an adjacent site) restored the historic vista along Fayetteville Street between Memorial Auditorium and the Capitol.
Following minor improvements in 1963 and 1977, the auditorium was renovated extensively in 1990, with the notable addition of an external modern glass concourse and lobby. The venue seats 2,277 and most often hosts large musical theater productions.
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Shaw University
118 E South St Raleigh NC - 919-546-8200
~0.07 miles from Raleigh city center
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http://www.shawuniversity.edu/
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Pope House Museum
511 S Wilmington St Raleigh NC - 919-833-4633
~0.12 miles from Raleigh city center
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The Pope House Museum, built in 1901, is a restored home once owned by Dr. M.T. Pope, a prominent African-American citizen of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Pope House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is also an official project of the Save America’s Treasures Program.
Since the early 1800s, the area where the Pope House is located has gone through many transformations. When the original governor’s mansion was built at the end of Fayetteville Street on the site of the present Memorial Auditorium, it was thought that fashionable residences would be built nearby. Although a few substantial homes were constructed by white families, when Reverend Henry Tupper moved Shaw University to the neighborhood in 1870, many new African-American residents drawn to Raleigh after the Civil War settled in the area. Pope attended Leonard Medical Center at Shaw University before beginning his medical practice.
Black professionals began to build homes in the area known as the Third Ward, which included the 500 block of South Wilmington Street. In 1901, Pope decided to build his house in this area. Pope’s neighbors included other prominent African Americans, including another doctor and a pharmacist. His home was located near his office on East Hargett Street, which at the time was the heart of the black business district.
Pope installed the latest technology in his home, including combination gas and electric fixtures, a kitchen with running water, a full bathroom on the second floor, coal burning heating stoves, and a telephone. He also installed a call bell system, with buttons in each room and an annunciator in the back hall. Pope began to see patients in the house during the 1920s and 1930s, when his health began to fail. The small area at the rear of the back hall, adjacent to the kitchen, was configured to include a small hand sink and built-in cabinet for instruments.
After Pope married Delia Haywood Phillips in 1907, the couple added a garage and wired the home for electricity. In the 1920s, the original front porch was removed, and the current sleeping porch constructed on brick piers. In the 1940s, the northern half of the first floor space below the porch was enclosed with brick, as it remains today. They eventually had two children, Eveyln and Ruth. After the deaths of their parents, Evelyn and Ruth maintained the family home, though they lived in Durham and Chapel Hill respectively.
Although the Pope House remains in the neighborhood, the area around it has dramatically changed. Older homes and businesses were replaced with office buildings, parking lots and newer homes. The most evident change was the construction of the Raleigh Convention Center directly across the street from the house. Today, the house is in the shadows of skyscrapers that were built in the 1980s and 1990s.
The Pope House was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 22, 1999. The following month the trustees of the Pope Charitable Foundation decided to begin the process of turning the house into a museum. One month later, The Pope House Museum Foundation was incorporated as a non-profit organization. The extensive family papers were sorted and catalogued, and donated to the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Raleigh Convention Center
Raleigh NC
~0.18 miles from Raleigh city center
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The Raleigh Convention Center is a convention and exhibition hall in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina that opened in September 2008. The Convention Center offers a variety of banquet halls and meeting rooms perfect for any occasion.
The Raleigh Convention Center is a convention and exhibition facility in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina that opened in September 2008. The lead architect was Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates.
Located at the end of Fayetteville Street, the three-level 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) building contains a 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m2) exhibit hall, twenty meeting rooms and a 32,000-square-foot (3,000 m2) ballroom.
The ballroom on the highest level can seat up to 2,715 persons (banquet-style) or 3,630 persons (theater-style). The exhibit hall on the lowest level can hold up to 790 booths or seat up to 6,800 persons (banquet-style) or 9,600 persons (theater-style). Extensive acoustics work was performed to not only provide sound isolation between adjacent activities within the center, but also to control noise output to the surrounding community.
The facility is more than double the size of the older convention center that was erected in 1977, renovated in 1997, and torn down in February 2006. There had been controversy about the older building as well as the site of the new building.
The building cost $225 million dollars to construct. A new Marriott hotel named Marriott City Center was built to provide lodging for visitors and now connects to the Convention Center.
The west-facing wall of the new convention center boasts a large public art piece called the Shimmer Wall. This wall was sponsored by Cree Inc., a company that manufactures LED lights, and is lit from behind by multi-colored LEDs.
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Contemporary Art Musuem
Po Box 66 Raleigh NC - 919-836-0088
~0.31 miles from Raleigh city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Raleigh City Museum
220 Fayetteville St Mall # 100 Raleigh NC - 919-832-3775
~0.42 miles from Raleigh city center
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The Raleigh City Museum is a local history museum associated with Raleigh, North Carolina. The museum is located in the historic Briggs Hardware Building on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh and has a number of exhibits and programs that are free to the public.
The Raleigh City Museum grew out of the dream of Raleigh historian Beth Crabtree and after her death, the vision and perseverance of Mary Cates. It was in 1990 that Mary Cates began bringing together a group of advocates for a Raleigh City Museum.
In 1991 widespread support was shown for the museum and initial steps were taken toward making the dream a reality. In 1993 the museum opened its first exhibit in the Borden Building in Fred Fletcher Park.
In 1998 the museum moved to the first floor of the newly restored Briggs Hardware Building on Fayetteville Street in the heart of downtown Raleigh. It has continued to serve at that location ever since.
The museum is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting the history of Raleigh, North Carolina's capital city. The museum offers a variety of exhibits and educational programs on various aspects of the history of the city. It also maintains an extensive collection of Raleigh photographs and artifacts as a part of its service to the city.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Exploris Museum
201 E Hargett St Raleigh NC - 919-834-4040
~0.45 miles from Raleigh city center
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Address:
201 E. Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: (919)834-4040
Our Website:www.exploris.org
Discover the connections between people of the world through exhibits on culture, the environment, global trade and communications. A place where young and old alike can experience the wonder of our changing and interconnected world.Touch a piece of the Berlin Wall,play international games or try on clothing from another land. Gift shop,and an IMAX Theatre.
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Raleigh City Hall
Raleigh NC
~0.49 miles from Raleigh city center
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(919) 890-3000
222 W Hargett St,
Raleigh, NC 27601
Cross Streets: Near the intersection of W Hargett St and NC-50
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
North Carolina State Capitol
Raleigh NC
~0.63 miles from Raleigh city center
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The North Carolina State Capitol is the capitol building of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Housing the offices of the Governor of North Carolina, it is located in the state capital of Raleigh on Capitol Square at One East Edenton Street. The Greek Revival building was completed in 1840. It was primarily designed by the architectural firm of Ithiel Town and Alexander Jackson Davis. Often credited solely to that team, the design of the capitol was actually the result of a sequence of work by William Nichols, Sr. and his son William Nichols, Jr., Town and Davis, and then David Paton.
The Capitol housed the entire state government until 1888, and the North Carolina General Assembly met in the capitol building until 1963 when the legislature relocated to its current location in the North Carolina State Legislative Building.
The offices of the state Lieutenant Governor were situated in the capitol building until after 1969, when the Lieutenant Governor relocated to the Hawkins-Hartness House a few blocks away on North Blount Street.
Also the North Carolina Supreme Court also has convened in the building in the past. Today, the current Governor, Bev Perdue and her immediate staff occupy offices in the State Capitol along with the Lieutenant Governor and his immediate staff.
The Capitol was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Haywood Hall and Gardens
211 New Bern Pl Raleigh NC - 919-832-8357
~0.64 miles from Raleigh city center
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Treasurer John Haywood built Haywood Hall to please his wife, Elizabeth Eagles Asaph Willliams Haywood, and to encourage her to remain in the capital city, of which she was initially none too fond. Eliza, an enthusiastic gardener who especially loved roses, hydrangeas, and bulbs of all kinds, found great joy in the gardens of Haywood Hall.
One of the first trees planted by the Haywoods is the large Brazilian Magnolia in the side yard. Records vary as to whether this was a seed or seedling gift to the Haywoods. In either case, it flourished and its limbs swept the ground until the 1960s when it was trimmed.
Eliza exchanged plants and seedlings with her many friends and relatives. Native holly and azaleas found in swamps around Wilmington, North Carolina, were brought to Raleigh specifically for her garden.
She established a box hedge across the front yard. Eliza planted a Kentucky coffee bean tree, which she loved - near where the present American Legion Building is located. That tree was destroyed in the 1980s but it was later replaced by one that is now to the right of the steps as one approaches the house from the street.
Eliza’s garden was resplendent with color from Baby’s Breath, Candytuft, Butterfly Weed, Coreopsis, Jerusalem Artichoke, Lemon Lily, Lavender, Orris Root, Peonies, Sweet Violets, Sweet William, Yarrow (pink and pearl,) Siberian Iris, Day Lilies, Feverfew, Hops Vine, Sweet Peas, Morning Glories, Foxglove, Aster, Hollyhocks, Phlox, Daisies, Bachelor Buttons, Ragged Robin, and Camellias. It was meandered by yellow Jasmine and pink Columbine, adding to the profusion of blossoms and color.
Following the wisdom of the times, Eliza’s garden was a potager fleuris – for among her flowers, she planted a large herb garden and a kitchen garden. Mrs. Haywood was known far and wide for her culinary expertise, complementing Treasurer Haywood who was known for his constant political soirees when they served many delicacies from Eliza’s gardens. In one extant letter to her mother, Eliza remarks after three weeks of entertaining “Mr. Haywood has gone out to dinner, I can undress and go to bed!”
Eliza planted Crepe Myrtle, both lavender and pink, throughout the property. There were many oaks and maples. She planted hicknut trees, a variety of pecan which bear a sweet nut. There were trees and vines with figs, scuppernong grapes, damson plums, apples and peaches. Jellies and preserves Eliza made from the fruits of her garden delighted Haywood friends and relatives.
Eliza and her daughters, Betsey John and Frances Ann, started a boarding school in Haywood Hall in 1830, which the daughters continued until the 1880s. Although the girls were more concerned with maintaining the property than beautifying the garden, the herbs remained – mints, rosemary, parsley, onion, and varieties of garlic – and were used in cooking.
During the girls’ tenure of residence, Dr. Dick Haywood (son of Sherwood, John’s brother) increased the gardens’ biodiversity by bringing ivy from Kenilworth Castle, upon his return from medical studies in Edinburgh University.
Eliza also had a gazebo built where she enjoyed her gardens and played with her children. When Lucy Ann Williams Haywood and Dr. E. Burke Haywood lived here with their children (1850-1920) Lucy had another gazebo built where the original, which succumbed to age, stood. In the 1890s, she had the family graveyard with nine graves removed to Oakwood Cemetery.
Once again, a Haywood lady took interest in Eliza’s gardens. Soon many floral plantings spread color across the grounds, and the Lady Banks Roses climbed the trellises gracing the entry to Haywood Hall. These roses were originally rooted by Eliza and one was replaced through the years as it aged.
Ernest and Edgar, two other sons of Lucy and E. Burke, Ernest and Edgar, lived here throughout their lives. Ernest encouraged and preserved his mother’s interest – placing the sundial in the front yard, where it remains today – and decorating the house with flowers from the garden, which he had lovingly attended by servants. Their youngest son, Burke, worked his own small vegetable garden in the yard behind the barn – specializing in carrots.
THE GARDENS TODAY
When Ernest died in 1947, he left the property to his great nephew, who did not care to move to Raleigh. Thus, Mary Haywood Fowle Stearns, great granddaughter of John Haywood, purchased it. In 1947 she returned to Raleigh with her husband - moving into Haywood Hall and restoring the house and grounds. Mary and her husband Walter enclosed the west side of the porch, creating a kitchen within the house, and converted the old smokehouse kitchen into a laundry.
Mary added two buckeye trees to the front yard. Although one succumbed to a systemic disease, the other on the left as one approaches the house from the street, is thriving. When Mary lived here, she kept a basket of buckeyes, giving one to every visitor, for a buckeye in the pocket brings good luck!
Mary Stearns had many cutting areas in the garden, along the brick paths and paths of stone. She planted Sweet Betseys, Acuba, and many Chrysanthemums, Zinnias, Marigolds, and Castor Bean plants. Her gardens were beautiful. She was so dedicated to them, it was not unusual to see her working in them at five o'clock in the morning!
In her last nine years, Mary was an invalid. The bank overseeing her property during this period cut back much of the garden. Through the years, pine trees grew in various parts of the yard. By the late 1900s, pine trees were considered a country tree and were removed.
Upon her death, Mary left the property to the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, in the State of North Carolina. In 1977, the gardens were a disaster. Bamboo was overtaking the eastern side of the property, chocolate vines were growing in the trees, and Honeysuckle was choking Eliza’s ancient Crèpe Myrtle.
For a few years, the Dames just cut the grass and weeds. Then in 1983, the HANDS (Home and Neighborhood Development Services) group of the Raleigh Garden Club sponsored reconstruction of Eliza’s Secret Garden. Club members combed the archives of the Southern Historical Collection for information about Haywood Hall gardens, which they shared with landscape architect M. C. Newsom III, designer of the project. The late Vallie Lewis Henderson and her associates worked five years on the restoration before turning it over to the Colonial Dames.
The garden clubs rebuilt and added fences; they erected the third gazebo in the site of Eliza’s original one. While they attempted to move the sundial, which had become too shaded, it was not possible. Its base reaches more than five feet under the ground. Therefore, it remains where Ernest Haywood placed it for his mother, Lucy.
The gardens were restored with easy maintenance in mind, for it is through rental of the house for social events the Dames are able to finance operation of Haywood Hall as a museum.
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
North Carolina Museum History
5 E Edenton St # 603 Raleigh NC - 919-733-3076
~0.64 miles from Raleigh city center
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The North Carolina Museum of History is located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Permanent exhibits focus on the state’s military history, decorative arts, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, and more. Visitors will see a variety of short-term and traveling exhibits. (An exhibit list follows the "History" section below.) Admission is free, and special programs include craft demonstrations, music concerts and family events. The Museum Shop features North Carolina crafts.
The museum is a part of the Division of State History Museums, Office of Archives and History, an agency of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
The museum is located at 5 East Edenton Street in Raleigh. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Contact: 919-807-7900 or ncmuseumofhistory.org.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
N C Museum of Natural Sciences
102 N Salisbury St Raleigh NC - 919-733-1843
~0.66 miles from Raleigh city center
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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. This museum is the oldest established museum in North Carolina and the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast. It has about 700,000 visitors annually, making it the most visited attraction in the state.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Museum of History
109 E Jones St Raleigh NC - 919-715-0200
~0.73 miles from Raleigh city center
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The Raleigh City Museum is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting the history of Raleigh, North Carolina's capital city.
The museum is located in the historic Briggs Building at 220 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, N.C. 27601.
Admission is free and no tickets are required for entrance to the museum. For information, please call 919.832.3775.
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Raleigh NC
~0.85 miles from Raleigh city center
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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. This museum is the oldest established museum in North Carolina and the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast. It has about 700,000 visitors annually, making it the most visited attraction in the state.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Playspace Childrens Museum
400 Glenwood Ave Raleigh NC - 919-832-1212
~1.02 miles from Raleigh city center
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Playspace was an interactive children's museum aimed at preschool through early elementary age children. The move to the former Exploris space is the third move to a larger location in the museum's history. Playspace was originally located two blocks south of Marbles in City Market. It remained there until the late 1990s, moving to 410 Glenwood Avenue in a former dairy building. The non-profit museum received some funding from Wake County but was largely funded by corporate sponsorships of individual exhibits as well as the $5 per person admission price and memberships.
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Central Prison
1300 Western Blvd Raleigh NC - 919-733-0800
~1.03 miles from Raleigh city center
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Central Prison is located at 1300 Western Boulevard, not far from downtown Raleigh, North Carolina.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Peace College
15 E Peace St Raleigh NC - 919-508-2000
~1.11 miles from Raleigh city center
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Peace College is a small liberal arts women's college located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is a member of the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities. As of 2006, Peace College has a student body of approximately 700 women and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
http://www.peace.edu/
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Saint Augustine's College
1315 Oakwood Ave Raleigh NC - 919-516-4000
~1.29 miles from Raleigh city center
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Saint Augustine's College is a historically black college located in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. The college was founded in 1867 in Raleigh, North Carolina by prominent Episcopal clergy for the education of freed slaves.
Located 10 blocks east of the State Capital, St. Augustine's College was founded in 1867, an outgrowth of Christian missionary work by northerners in the Reconstruction-era South. With Shaw University, it established Raleigh as a center of educational opportunity for freedmen and over the years has graduated many of the region's most accomplished African Americans.
Affiliated with the Episcopal Church, St. Augustine's began as a normal school with a technical and trade-related program and subsequently adopted a liberal arts curriculum. The church further extended its mission by establishing St. Agnes Hospital and Training School for Nurses, to provide medical care for and by African Americans. Historically, the school also has served as an anchor of the predominantly black neighborhoods of Idlewild and College Park, which flank it.
The evolving nature of the school is reflected in its varied architecture. The campus' earliest buildings are clustered around a central, landscaped oval and near Oakwood Avenue, which runs east to west past the school. St. Augustine's Chapel (1895) was constructed of stone in the Gothic style; the Romanesque Benson Library building (1896), which is now part of Taylor Hall (1902), and St. Agnes Hospital (1909) were also built from stone. The Hunter, Delany and Cheshire buildings, dating from the early 20th century, were constructed of brick in the Classical Revival style. While contemporary buildings of the school's outer grounds provide a modernist contrast, the campus core remains a tangible bequest from St. Augustine's pioneering beginnings. St. Augustine's Chapel and St. Agnes Hospital are designated Raleigh Historic Landmarks.
The name changed to Saint Augustine’s School in 1893 and to Saint Augustine’s Junior College in 1919, the first year in which postsecondary instruction was offered. The school became a four-year institution in 1927 and in 1928 was renamed Saint Augustine’s College. Baccalaureate degrees were first awarded in 1931.
Saint Augustine’s College was the nation’s first historically black college to have its own on-campus commercial radio and television stations (WAUG-AM 750, WAUG-TV 68, and Time Warner cable channel 10). It is also the only school in the Raleigh/Durham area to offer a degree in film production.
http://www.st-aug.edu/
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Mordecai Historic Park
1 Mimosa St Raleigh NC - 919-834-4844
~1.45 miles from Raleigh city center
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The Mordecai House (also called the Mordecai Plantation Manor or Mordecai Mansion), built in 1785, is a registered historical landmark and museum in Raleigh, North Carolina that is the centerpiece of the Mordecai Square Historic Park, right outside the Historic Oakwood neighborhood.[2] It is the oldest residence in Raleigh on its original foundation.[3] In addition to the house, the Park includes other attractions such as the original birthplace of President Andrew Johnson, the Ellen Mordecai Garden, the Badger-Iredell Law Office, Allen Kitchen and St. Mark's Chapel, a popular site for weddings.[4]
The oldest portion of the house was built by Joel Lane for his son, Henry. At one time, the home was the center of a 5,000-acre (20 km2) plantation and one of the largest farms in Wake County.
The house was named after Moses Mordecai, who married Henry Lane's daughters. The first daughter, Margaret, died and so Mordecai married her sister Ann. In 1824, Mordecai hired William Nichols, State Architect at the time, to enlarge the house. The addition was considered a significant work of Nichols, who had also been responsible for remodeling the original building containing the State House. With the addition of the four new rooms in 1826, the Mordecai house was transformed into a Greek Revival mansion. The Mordecai family was prominent in local and state affairs. Jacob, Moses' father, founded a girls' school in Warrenton, North Carolina. Moses was a prominent lawyer and member of the 1805 Court of Conference. Moses Mordecai had two sons, Henry and Jacob, and one daughter, Ellen, by his first wife and one daughter, Margaret, by his second. Henry was a prosperous planter at Mordecai House and served in the State Legislature. His daughter Margaret and her descendants owned and occupied Mordecai House until 1967.
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, portions of land owned by the Mordecai family helped Raleigh's expansion as a city. In 1867, Henry Mordecai donated land east of the city to establish a Confederate cemetery and another plot became Wake County's first Hebrew Cemetery. The adjacent Oakwood Cemetery, chartered in 1869, eventually lent its name to the large suburb that developed in the adjoining wooded land, earlier known as Mordecai Grove. In 1974, Oakwood became the first neighborhood in Raleigh to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Property owned by the Mordecai family continued until 1967, when the house and its surrounding block were put on the market. Local preservationists protested and the city purchased the property, turning it over to the Raleigh Historic Sites Commission to supervise and develop as a historic park. The commission was able to obtain many original Mordecai furnishings, as well as preserve the family papers and library. Mordecai Square Historic Park is now managed by the City of Raleigh's Parks and Recreation Department. The Mordecai House is a designated Raleigh Historic Landmark.
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Pullen Park
Raleigh NC
~1.55 miles from Raleigh city center
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Pullen Park is a 72 acres (29.1 ha) public park in Raleigh, North Carolina west of downtown, adjacent to the campus of North Carolina State University, between Western Boulevard and Hillsborough Street. The park features picnic areas, a concessions stand along with several small rides including the Pullen Park Carousel, train, and kiddie boats. Pedal boats are also available for rent seasonally on the park's large pond. The Pullen Aquatic Center, Pullen Arts Center and Theatre In the Park are also located on the park grounds. It is one of the most famous and known parks around the Raleigh/Durham area.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Raleigh Little Theater
Raleigh NC
~2.11 miles from Raleigh city center
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Raleigh Little Theatre (RLT) is a community theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina that produces 11 full productions annually and maintains a comprehensive youth and adult theatre education programs.
Raleigh Little Theatre was established in 1936 to provide community theatre performances and opportunities for residents. RLT produces 11 shows each season, professionally supported by complete on-site costume and scene shops, along with a full and part-time professional staff of 16 and more than 500 community volunteers. With the largest subscription base of any community theatre in the area (3,000+), RLT serves more than 40,000 people with shows each season.
RLT also performs annually at the 600-seat Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater. A total of 11 shows are produced annually, professionally supported by complete on-site costume and scene shops.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
University of North Carolina
Raleigh NC
~2.15 miles from Raleigh city center
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North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, NCSU, or simply "State" inside of North Carolina, the University is the principal technological institution of the University of North Carolina system, and is a land, sea, and space grant institution.
The North Carolina General Assembly founded NC State on March 7, 1887, as a land-grant college. Today, NC State has an enrollment of more than 33,000 students, making it the largest university in North Carolina. While NC State has historical strengths in agriculture, design, engineering and textiles, it offers more than 100 bachelor's degrees. The graduate school offers more than 100 areas of study leading to master's and doctoral degrees as well.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Us Army Reserve
3115 Western Blvd Raleigh NC - 919-831-3486
~2.54 miles from Raleigh city center
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The United States Army is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven uniformed services. The modern Army has its roots in the Continental Army which was formed on 14 June 1775, before the establishment of the United States, to meet the demands of the American Revolutionary War. Congress officially created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 after the end of the war to replace the disbanded Continental Army. The Army considers itself to be descended from the Continental Army and thus dates its inception from the origins of that force.
The primary mission of the Army is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities ... in support of the National Security and Defense Strategies." Control and operation is administered by the Department of the Army, one of the three military departments of the Department of Defense. The civilian head is the Secretary of the Army and the highest ranking military officer in the department is the Chief of Staff, unless the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are Army officers. In fiscal year 2009, the Regular Army reported a strength of 549,015 soldiers; the Army National Guard (ARNG) reported 358,391 and the United States Army Reserve (USAR) reported 205,297 putting the combined component strength total at 1,112,703 soldiers.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Meredith College School Music
3800 Hillsborough St Raleigh NC - 919-760-8600
~3.15 miles from Raleigh city center
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Meredith College is a liberal arts college for women located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. This private women’s college was established in 1891 and named after Thomas Meredith. It has a beautiful campus occupying 225 acres of land.
Meredith College offers various graduate and undergraduate degree programs to its students. One can opt for courses in education, business, and nutrition. The college conducts approximately 100 undergraduate research projects each year.
Students of Meredith College are engaged in various social and recreational activities. There are more than 90 clubs and organizations including the Residence Hall Association, Association of Meredith Commuters, Student Activities Fee Committee, Women in New Goal Settings, Meredith International Association, Meredith Entertainment Association, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Meredith Habitat for Humanity, Colton English Club, Canaday Math & Computer Science Club, American Society of Interior Designers, and Disability Support Organization.
http://www.meredith.edu
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Frameworks
1520 Dixie Trl Raleigh NC - 919-781-3118
~3.36 miles from Raleigh city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
Us Military Entrance Proc Sta
2625 Appliance Ct Raleigh NC - 919-834-7787
~3.62 miles from Raleigh city center
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The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
The United States has a strong tradition of civilian control of the military. While the President is the overall head of the military, the United States Department of Defense (DoD), a federal executive department, is the principal organ by which military policy is carried out. The DOD is headed by the Secretary of Defense, who is a civilian and a member of the Cabinet, who also serves as the President's second-in-command of the military. To coordinate military action with diplomacy, the President has an advisory National Security Council headed by a National Security Advisor. Both the President and Secretary of Defense are advised by a six-member Joint Chiefs of Staff, which includes the head of each of the service branches, led by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
All of the branches are under the direction of the Department of Defense, except the Coast Guard, which is an agency of the Department of Homeland Security. The Coast Guard may be transferred to the Department of the Navy by the President or Congress during a time of war. All five armed services are among the seven uniformed services of the United States; the others are the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps.
From the time of its inception, the military played a decisive role in the history of the United States. A sense of national unity and identity was forged out of the victorious Barbary Wars, as well as the War of 1812. Even so, the Founders were suspicious of a permanent military force and not until the outbreak of World War II did a large standing army become officially established.
The National Security Act of 1947, adopted following World War II and during the onset of the Cold War, created the modern U.S. military framework; the Act merged previously Cabinet-level Department of War and the Department of the Navy into the National Military Establishment (renamed the Department of Defense in 1949), headed by the Secretary of Defense; and created the Department of the Air Force and National Security Council.
The U.S. military is one of the largest militaries in terms of number of personnel. It draws its manpower from a large pool of volunteers; although conscription has been used in the past in various times of both war and peace, it has not been used since 1972. As of 2010, the United States spends about $692 billion annually to fund its military forces, constituting approximately 43 percent of world military expenditures. The U.S. armed forces as a whole possess large quantities of advanced and powerful equipment, which gives them significant capabilities in both defense and power projection.
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Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Raleigh NC
~3.74 miles from Raleigh city center
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The Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek is an outdoor amphitheatre in Raleigh, North Carolina that specializes in hosting large concerts. The amphitheatre is part of a 77-acre complex located on the west bank of Walnut Creek, southeast of Raleigh near the I-40/US 64/I-440 (Beltline) interchange. It was built by the City of Raleigh with private sector participation at a cost of $13.5 million and opened in 1991; the inaugural act was The Connells. Seating capacity is about 6,847, of which about half are under cover; the open lawn can accommodate another 13,653.
The venue was formerly known as Alltel Pavilion, Hardees Walnut Creek, and simply Walnut Creek Amphitheatre.
The venue is operated by Live Nation, a concert company, under lease from the City of Raleigh.
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J.C. Raulston Arboretum
Ridgewood NC
~3.76 miles from Raleigh city center
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JC Raulston Arboretum is an 8 acre (32,000 m2) arboretum and botanical garden administered by North Carolina State University, and located at 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, North Carolina. It is open daily to the public without charge. The Arboretum was established in 1976 by Dr. J. C. Raulston.
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NC State Fairgrounds
Raleigh NC
~4.10 miles from Raleigh city center
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The North Carolina State Fair is an annual fair and agricultural exposition held in Raleigh, North Carolina, and organized by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
The North Carolina State Fair was first held by the North Carolina Agricultural Society at a site east of Raleigh in 1853; it has been celebrated continuously since then, with the exceptions of 1861 to 1869 (during the Civil War and Reconstruction), 1926 to 1927 (when the Agricultural Society disbanded and the state Agriculture Department took over operations), and 1942 to 1945 (during World War II). In the 1870s and 1880s, the mills in Winston-Salem would close so that workers could attend the state fair in Raleigh.
The fair has been held at its present site on the western edge of Raleigh since 1928. The highlight of the 344 acre (1.4 km²) fairgrounds complex is Dorton Arena, a 7,500-seat arena constructed with a unique large suspended roof.
Held for 10 days in mid-October, the fair annually attracts over 800,000 North Carolinians. As of 2008, the fair has added an additional day and now lasts 11 days. This marks the first extension of the fair's length in 22 years.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Raleigh
North Carolina State Fairgrounds
Raleigh NC
~4.10 miles from Raleigh city center
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The North Carolina State Fair is an annual fair and agricultural exposition held in Raleigh, North Carolina, and organized by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
The North Carolina State Fair was first held by the North Carolina Agricultural Society at a site east of Raleigh in 1853; it has been celebrated continuously since then, with the exceptions of 1861 to 1869 (during the Civil War and Reconstruction), 1926 to 1927 (when the Agricultural Society disbanded and the state Agriculture Department took over operations), and 1942 to 1945 (during World War II). In the 1870s and 1880s, the mills in Winston-Salem would close so that workers could attend the state fair in Raleigh.[1]
The fair has been held at its present site on the western edge of Raleigh since 1928. The highlight of the 344 acre (1.4 km²) fairgrounds complex is Dorton Arena, a 7,500-seat arena constructed with a unique large suspended roof.
Held for 10 days in mid-October, the fair annually attracts over 800,000 North Carolinians. As of 2008, the fair has added an additional day and now lasts 11 days. This marks the first extension of the fair's length in 22 years.
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