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Mordecai Place Historic District (/ m ɔː r d ə ˈ k i /) [2] is a historic neighborhood and national historic district located at Raleigh, North Carolina.The district encompasses 182 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the most architecturally varied of Raleigh's early-20th century suburbs for the white middle-class.
A great white oak, called the "Henry Clay Tree".It was said to be the tallest tree in Raleigh, as well as the most historic. [1]The Henry Clay Oak, also called the Henry Clay Tree, was a historic white oak which grew to a prodigious height and girth in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, possibly predating the founding of the city in 1792, until, stricken by disease and the elements, it was ...
The Farm History Center located on site provides information to visitors regarding the history of the Oak View and the general history of farming in North Carolina. Aside from the historic buildings, the site also features an orchard, a honey bee hive, a small cotton field, and the largest pecan grove in Wake County.
The World of Bluegrass brings thousands to Downtown Raleigh for the 11th year, and Steve Martin. It’s bluegrass time in Raleigh. Here’s your guide to the street festival, music and more
Completed (with two stories) in 1862 on Halifax St., the building was home to one of the earliest North Carolina railroads, the Raleigh & Gaston, eventually incorporated into the 20th century's Seaboard Coast Line. Acquired by the state in the 1970s for use as an office building and moved to its present location on N. Salisbury St.
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The city launched the R-Line in February 2009, about six months after the opening of the new convention center. It was meant to help visitors to Raleigh explore the city center as well as make it ...
U.S. President Andrew Johnson's birthplace and childhood home is located in the park. The Mordecai House (also called the Mordecai Plantation or Mordecai Mansion), built in 1785, is a registered historical landmark and museum in Raleigh, North Carolina that is the centerpiece of Mordecai Historic Park, adjacent to the Historic Oakwood neighborhood. [2]