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Architectural Building Attractions In Raleigh

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Saint Augustine's University is a historically black college in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. It was founded by Episcopal clergy in 1867 for the education of freed slaves.
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  • 1. Executive Mansion Raleigh
    The North Carolina Executive Mansion is the official residence of the Governor of North Carolina and their family. Building began in the year 1883 and it was designed by architects Samuel Sloan and A.G. Bauer. The first occupants, Governor Daniel G. Fowle and his family, moved into the unfinished building in January 1891. It is an example of Queen Anne style architecture.
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  • 2. J.S. Dorton Arena Raleigh
    J. S. Dorton Arena is a 7,610-seat multi-purpose arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the grounds of the North Carolina State Fair. It opened in 1952. Architect Maciej Nowicki was killed in an airplane crash before the construction phase, and local architect William Henley Dietrick supervised the completion of the arena using Nowicki's innovative design. Its design features a steel cable supported saddle-shaped roof in tension, held up by parabolic concrete arches in compression. The arches cross about 20 feet above ground level and continue underground, where the ends of the arches are held together by more steel cables in tension. The outer walls of the arena support next to no weight at all. Incorporating an unusual elliptical design by Matthew Nowicki, of the North Carolina Sta...
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  • 3. North Carolina State Capitol Raleigh
    The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina.
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  • 4. James B. Hunt Jr. Library Raleigh
    The James B. Hunt Jr. Library is the second main library of North Carolina State University and is located on the University's Centennial Campus. The $115 million facility opened in January 2013 and is best known for its architecture and technological integration, including a large robotic book storage and retrieval system which houses most of the university's engineering, textiles, and hard sciences collections. The library is named after James Baxter Jim Hunt, Jr., the four-term 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina. NCSU Libraries is part of the Triangle Research Libraries Network , which shares books between North Carolina State University, Duke University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina Central University.
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