Photo by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright 2009 Raleigh Historic Districts Commission
Photo by D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club, courtesy of Preservation North Carolina
Photo by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright 2009 Raleigh Historic Districts Commission
ca. 1847
This small frame building is a rare surviving example of Raleigh's antebellum Greek Revival commercial architecture. The beaded siding, heart-pine flooring, and early mantels remain intact. Moved several times, the Raleigh Historic Districts Commission brought it to its present site in 1972 and restored it in 1976. Open to public.
413 North Salisbury Street
ca. 1862
One of the city's earliest surviving office buildings, the three-story brick Seaboard Building served as railroad offices for more than a hundred years. The building, which has a restrained Italianate design, originally stood on N. Halifax Street. The state purchased the land for the its Government Mall in 1977 and moved the building to N. Salisbury Street. State offices.
*National Register of Historic Places
207 Fayetteville Street
ca. 1865 with alterations ca. 1892 and 2000
The candy factory that Arkansas Delaware Royster and his like-named brothers established in this building in 1872 became a Raleigh institution. Eighteen-year-old Vermont Connecticut Royster went to New York City to learn candymaking and early Royster specialties included coconut, cream, and peanut candies. As early as 1883, Royster's churned out a ton of candy daily. The company shipped its goods around the world as youngsters grew into nostalgic candy lovers who wanted their Royster's no matter where they lived. The factory closed in 1960 and the building now houses offices.