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Scan 6
Hill Directory Co.'s (Incorporated) Raleigh, N.C. city directory [1923/1924]., 1924
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1RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
2CAPITAL CITY
4HISTORICAL RALEIGH
6Population, Census of 1920………………… 24,418
7Estimated July 1, 1923……………………. 29,171
9Raleigh was founded in 1792 and named in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh, the English explorer. It is most peculiarly close to the people of the State, having been bought for the people, by the people, and planned to be the Capital of North Carolina.
11Raleigh is in the eastern central part of the State. The country surrounding is rolling, with a remarkable variety of timber, and its vegetation is a blending of that of the coastal plain and the highest Piedmont region, for it is on the boundary line between the long leaf pine and the hard woods which mark the Piedmont section. Its altitude is 363 feet above sea level. It enjoys a year-round average temperature of 60 degrees, with average sunshine of 62 per cent. It is noted for its remarkably salubrious climate, pure water and splendid sanitation.
13The population is 29,171—65 per cent white, 35 per cent colored, and less than seven-tenths of one per cent foreign-born.
15RALEIGH AS THE CAPITAL CITY
17At no capital in the country are there more buildings or institutions connected with the State government than in Raleigh. These include the Capitol, which was built in 1840 of granite from a quarry that was owned by the State; the Administration Building, Hall of History, State Museum, State Library and Supreme Court, State Agricultural Building, State Departments Building, State Office Building, State Highway Building, Governor's Mansion, State Prison, State Hospital for the Insane, State School for the White Blind, State School for the Colored Deaf Mutes, State Laboratory of Hygiene, State Confederate Soldiers' Home, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, State Poultry Farm, State Experimental Farm, and State Fair Grounds. These buildings include every department of the State.
19There are five public parks and playgrounds. The Capitol Square is situated in the center of Raleigh, four streets running north, south, east and west from it being named for the earlier capitals of the State.
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