Hill's Raleigh (Wake County, N.C.) City Directory [1958], Part 2

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Publication date: 1958
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1550

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RALEIGH

"THE PROGRESSIVE CAPITAL OF A PROGRESSIVE STATE"

(Furnished by Raleigh Chamber of Commerce) STATISTICAL REVIEW Location

Raleigh is located approximately in the center of North Carolina, and is the capital of the state. The city is situated midway on a straight line between New York City and Jacksonville, Florida, being about 500 miles from either.

Raleigh comprises 15.3 square miles in Wake County, of which it is the county seat. The average elevation of the city is 363 feet above sea level. Of a total 213 miles of streets, 165.99 miles have paved surfaces.

Population

The 1950 U. S. Census showed Raleigh with a population of 65,679, of which 68 per cent are white and 32 per centare colored. The corresponding 1950 popu- lation for Wake County was 136,450. The present estimated populationis 86,000 for the city of Raleigh.

City Government

Raleigh is operated under a council-manager form of government. A coun- cil of seven members is elected every two years from the city at large. This council elects one of its number as mayor, and selects the city manager.

Education

Raleigh is an educational center in North Carolina by virtue of six colleges and five business schools. The colleges are as follows:

1. North Carolina State College

2. Meredith College (Baptist college for girls)

3. St. Mary's Junior College (Episcopal college for girls)

4. Peach College (Presbyterian junior college for girls)

5. Shaw University (Negro)

6. St. Augustine's College (Negro)

The present total enrollment of these institutions is approximately 9,000. The three business schools are as follows:

1. King's Business College

2. Hardbarger Business College

3. Payne Business and Secretarial School (colored)

Special schools located in Raleigh are:

1. State School for the Blind

2. Methodist Orphanage

3. Catholic Orphanage

Public primary and secondary educational facilities are provided in Raleigh through 24 public schools. Additionally, there are four private institutions pro- viding educational service at these levels:

1. Ravenscroft School

2. Sacred Heart Catholic School

3. St. Monica Convent (colored)

4. Lady of Lourdes-Catholic

Within a radius of thirty miles of Raleigh are located Duke University, at Durham, N. C .; the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, N. C .; and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, at Wake Forest, N. C.

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View of Fayetteville Street, with State Capitol in Background

Recreation

Raleigh has 15 public park areas; a public stadium for athletics; a munici- pal auditorium with a seating capacity of 4,000 which can be used for dances, plays, lectures, a coliseum seating 12,500, an arena seating 9,500, etc .; an am- phitheatre with a seating capacity of 3,000; three golf courses with 18 holes; a public tennis club; six white theatres with combined seating capacity of 6,000; one colored theatre with seating capacity of approximately 430; two public swim- ming pools for white people and one public swimming pool for Negroes.

The City employs a full-time recreational director in the interests of the public. The Y. M. C. A., with its gymnasium and facilities, affords excellent recreational activity for men and boys. The Y. W. C. A. is well-equipped to provide similar facilities for women and girls. The new Raleigh Y. W. C. A. building has been completed.

The fact that there are about eight colleges within a 30-mile radius of Raleigh makes it a center for sports events and athletic contests. The Atlantic Coast Conference Annual Basketball Tournament is played in Raleigh.

Government Departments

Most of the North Carolina State agencies and several Federal agencies are located in Raleigh. They play an important part in the welfare of the city. State agencies employ approximately 7,000 people; Federal agencies, 1,000 people. Business men from all sections of the state come to Raleigh frequently to contact these government officials.

General Data

Area-15.3 square miles.

Altitude-363 feet above sea level.

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North Carolina State Capitol

Raleigh Little Theatre

Climate-Mean annual temperature, 61.1 degrees F .; averageannual rain- fall, 45.19 inches.

Financial Data-5 banks, 2 building and loan associations. 3 home-office life insurance companies and 2 home-office fire insurance companies.

Postal Receipts-$2,491,572.15 (calendar year 1957).

Churches-90, representing 19 denominations.

Real Estate-22,500 homes, with about 35 per cent owned by occupants.

Industry-141 manufacturing establishments, employing approximately 4,000 men and women. Principal manufactured products: Textiles, electric meters, worsted cloth, washboards, tents, power generation, fertilizer, cabinets, concrete products, chemicals, lumber, metal products, wood products, food products, fabricated steel, electric motors, cottonseed oil products, mattresses and medicines.

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Hotels-6 principal, with total of 1,027 rooms.

Hospitals -- 4, with total of 3,151 beds. A 300-bed County Hospital is under construction.

TRANSPORTATION

Railroads

The railroads serving Raleigh are as follows:

(1) The Seaboard Air Line offers north-south service, with its main line giving connection direct from New York, Washington and Northern cities to Raleigh, Atlanta, Birmingham, Jacksonville, both coasts of Florida, and other important Southern points. S. A. L. schedules show 14 passenger trains and 16 freight trains north and south daily. One passenger train north and south is an all-Pullman train, while three others are reserved-seat coach and Pullman streamliners.

(2) The Southern gives east and west service, with a north-south service intersection at Greensboro, N. C. Southern tracks run as far north as Washing- ton, as far south as Palatka, Fla., as far southwest as Mobile, and as far west as St. Louis. Southern schedules show four passenger trains and four freight trains in and out daily.

(3) The Norfolk-Southern gives freight service between Charlotte and Norfolk, with 14 freight trains in and out daily.

Note: All these carriers make connections so that passengers or freight may be transported to any point in the U. S.

Air Lines

The air lines serving Raleigh are as follows:

(1) Eastern Airlines give north and south service to Raleigh from New York to Miami, and southwest from Raleigh to Atlanta and New Orleans. East- ern Airlines schedules show 27 flights in and out of Raleigh daily.

(2) Capital Airlines gives east and west service from Knoxville, through Raleigh, to Norfolk and Memphis. Capital schedules show eight flights in and out of Raleigh daily.

(3) Piedmont Airlines give direct service between the Ohio River valley and the Tidewater cities of North Carolina and Virginia. Piedmont schedules show eight flights in and out of Raleigh daily.

Highways

Raleigh is served by a network of nine paved highways. The principal high- ways handling heavy traffic loads are: U. S. 1 and U. S. 401, which are north- south highways; and U. S. 64, U. S. 70 and U. S. 70A, which are east-west high- ways. U. S. 1 and U. S. 401 serve as major routes for the automobile tourist traffic north and south.

The direct paved highway mileage from Raleigh to leading cities is as follows;

Atlanta, Ga 402

306

Knoxville, Tenn 365

Birmingham, Ala . 558

New Orleans, La 926

Charleston, W. Va 361

New York, N. Y. 495

Chattanooga, Tenn 450

Orlando, Fla . 619

Chicago, Ill . 844

St. Louis, Mo. 845

Detroit, Mich. .

771

Savannah, Ga. 334

Indianapolis, Ind.

672

Washington, D. C

265

Motor Carriers

There are some 100 trucking lines serving Raleigh. The majority of these

Jacksonville, Fla 487

Baltimore, Md .

Cincinnati, Ohio 552

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are licensed to haul general commodities. A few of the trucking lines are re- stricted by license to haul only special commodities such as tobacco, corn, tex- tile products or farm products. The capacity of these lines is unlimited, since there are no restriction as to the number of vehicles and terminals which may be operated within the city. Fifteen trucking lines have offices in Raleigh.

Bus Lines

The bus lines operating into and out of Raleigh are:

Schedules

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Carolina Coach Co.

Queen City Coach Co.

Seashore Transportation Co.

Southern Coach Co.

City Transportation

The City bus service is operated by Raleigh City Coach Lines, Inc., which provides service to all points of the city and suburban areas. A transfer system is in operation, whereby any point can be reached at a fare of 15¢.

A number of taxicab companies operate in Raleigh and provide adequate service in this classification.

MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION

Raleigh has every advantage for a strategic distribution center in that with - in a radius of 100 miles of the city there is concentrated 30 per cent of the com- bined populations of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The fast trans - portation systems in and out of the city represent another factor favoring Ral- eigh as a distribution center.

It is estimated that in 1956 Raleigh had 875 retail stores. There are 141 manufacturing establishments in and around Raleigh, and 214 wholesale distri- butors.

Newspapers

There are three newspapers published in Raleigh:

Approximate circulation

The News and Observer (daily, morning)

The Raleigh Times (afternoon, except Sunday)

126,335

The Carolinian (weekly, colored) 10,000

24,075

Radio Stations

There are three radio companies in Raleigh:

WPTF, A.M. and F.M. WRAL, A. M. and F.M. WKIX, A. M. and F.M.

Raleigh's newspapers and radio stations give a complete coverage of cen- tral and eastern North Carolina. All three Raleigh newspapers are home-owned and are operated and managed separately.

Station WRAL-TV, Channel 5 UHF, is now in operation.

NEW RALEIGH COLISEUM

The State of North Carolina recently erected on the campus of North Caro- line State College in Raleigh a new Stadium-type building which is a fine asset to the recreational and commercial life of the city. This magnificent building not only will provide ample room for all types of indoor athletic activities, but it will be used for civic meetings, industrial exhibits, political conventions, agricultural and stock shows, and many other types of gatherings.

The building itself is 371 feet long and 177 feet wide (outside dimensions), and will provide for an arena floor with a lengthof 311 feet 4 inches in the clear and a width of 107 feet 11 inches. The floor is entirely surrounded with a tier of balcony seats, which, together with the space available on the floor, will seat

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from 13,500 to 15,000 people.

Around the arena floor has been arranged a series of offices, classrooms and meeting rooms for lectures and meetings of small groups. Office space is provided in these rooms for the personnel of the Athletic Department of State College and the teaching personnel connected with the U. S. Army R. O. T. C. training program.

A portion of the basement provides rooms for athletic teams, together with showers, rooms for therapy and massage, and storage of athletic equip- ment. Also, provisions are being made for the installation of ice-making equip- ment so that this arena can be used for ice shows, ice hockey, and ice-skating by the students and other residents of the state.

All of the area adjacent to the stadium building has been set aside for auto- mobile parking to an extent which is believed will be adequate for all types of attendance.

This new structure very definitely is an asset to the business life of the Raleigh community and will attract people from all over the state to attend the various activities to be held in it.

HISTORIC RALEIGH

Raleigh abounds in historic eminence and noteworthy tradition. The first English settlementin America was made at Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina by Sir Walter Raleigh. The capital city of the state was named in his honor and in memory of this achievement.

The land upon which Raleigh had its beginning was purchased in 1792 as a location for the establishment of the state capitol. The first capitol building was completed in 1794 and destroyed by fire in 1831. The present building, over 100 years old, is a recognized example of Doric architecture with few equals. It is noted for its beauty and design.

The 17th President of the U. S., Andrew Johnson, was born here. This famous old home now stands as a shrine in Pullen Park.

The State Hall of History here, with its collection of North Carolina his- torical records and important archives, attracts much interest.

Wakefield, the home of Joel Lane, erected in 1760, is owned and pre- served by the Carolina Dames. This Colonial home was erected in the old town of Bloomsbury, which was the county seat of Wake County, in 1771.

The oldest bank building in North Carolina still stands on the property of Christ Church. It is the present rectory. It was built in 1795 as the State Bank.

Many visitors in Raleigh likewise are interested in monuments and mem- orials of famous North Carolinians on Capitol Square and in State department buildings.

THINGS TO SEE IN RALEIGH

STATE CAPITOL BUILDING-Located head Fayetteville Street, is con- sidered one of the seven perfect pieces of Doric architecture in the world. Monuments and public memorials on Capitol Square: Senator Z. B. Vance, Gov. Charles B. Aycock, Dr. Charles D. McIver, Henry L. Wyatt, Worth Bagley, George Washington, Women of the Confederacy.

STATE LIBRARY, SUPREME COURT ROOM-Located in State Library building, on E. Morgan Street (Open 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. week days. Closes at 1:00 P.M. Saturdays. Summer hours: 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., closing at 12:30 Saturdays).

HALL OF HISTORY-Located in new State Office building.

STATE MUSEUM-Located in Agricultural building annex, Edenton and Halifax Streets. (Open 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. week days. Sunday, 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Open until 6:00 P.M. during summer).

CHRIST CHURCH RECTORY-Located corner Wilmington and Edenton Streets. Built in 1818 to house State Bank. Used since 1873 as rectory.

GOVERNOR'S MANSION-Located on N. Blount Street.

OLIVIA RANEY LIBRARY -Located corner Hillsboro and Salisbury Streets. (Open 9:30 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. week days. Sunday, 2:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.)

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Birthplace of Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the U. S.

Governor's Mansion

RICHARD B. HARRISON LIBRARY (Negro)-Located 214 South Blount Street. (Open - Winter - Monday, Wednesday and Saturday - 10 A.M. to 9 P.M., Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 A. M. to 6 P.M. Summer - Monday - Satur - day, 10 A.M. to 6 P.M.)

ANDREW JOHNSON'S BIRTHPLACE-Located in Pullen Park, back of State College, Built in 1800, 17th President of U. S. Born here.

HOUSE OF JOEL LANE-Located in 700 block W. Hargett Street, Site for city of Raleigh was purchased from Mr. Lane, Built in 1760.

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War Memorial, N. C. State College Campus

N. C. SCHOOL FOR WHITE BLIND-Located near Pullen Park. Established by Legislature in 1845. (Visitors received at any time).

STATE HOSPITAL-Located at Dix Hill on Boylan Drive in southwestern part of city. (Open each day except Sunday, 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. No visitors on Sundays or in the mornings,

STATE PENITENTIARY-Faces 800 block W, Morgan Street. (Gas cham- ber open week days 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M, Prisoners may be visited Sundays 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A, M. and 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.).

RALEIGH LITTLE THEATRE-Located on Pogue Street near State Col- lege, It embodies an amphitheatre, which seats 3,000 people, and a theatre build- ing, which seats 300,

N. C. MUSEUM OF ART: The new N. C. Museum of Art is located at 107 East Morgan Street, just off Capitol Square. It is the first Museum in the country Whose collections were established by State appropriation. Its collections are arranged in historical sequence starting from early Egypt, Greece and Rome, with a major section of paintings from 8 schools of Western art over the past 5 centuries. The Museum has a regularly changing schedule of exhibitions. It is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 A. M. to 5 P. M., Sundays from 2 to 6 P. - M., and is closed on Mondays.

FEDERAL CEMETERY-Rock Quarry Road, southeast corner E. Davie Street.

N. C. STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING-Loca- ted at 2205 Hillsboro Street, Established in 1889.

MEREDITH COLLEGE-A Baptist college for women. Located about two miles from city on Hillsboro Road, Opened in 1897,

ST. MARY'S SCHOOL-Largest and oldest girls' school in U. S. owned and controlled by Episcopal Church. Located 900 Hillsboro Street. Founded in 1842.

PEACE JUNIOR COLLEGE-A Presbyterian school for girls. Located northern end of Wilmington Street. Opened in 1872.

SHAW UNIVERSITY (COLORED)-Oldest institution in South for education

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of colored men and women. Founded in 1865. Located 100 E. South Street.

ST. AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE (COLORED) -An Episcopal college for color - ed men and women. Opened in 1867. Located eastern section of city.

CAMERON VILLAGE-A modern apartment and shopping center located two miles northwest of the Court House.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is a substantial, well-organized and well-represented body with over 1,800 members. The membership co-operates in a wide variety of activities in commercial and industrial development. The Chamber added an industrial department in 1947, and now has under way an in- dustrial development program for Raleigh. The Chamber also has a complete information service, with inquiries given careful and prompt consideration, and visitors are always welcome. The offices of the Chamber are located in the Sir Walter Hotel Building, 23 W. Davie Street.

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Hill's Raleigh (Wake County, N.C.) City Directory [1958], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1958 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 1550

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1958
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 1550