View, Administration Building (Ruffin Building, Court of Appeals), Raleigh, North Carolina
Ruffin Building, Court of Appeals (Raleigh, N.C.)
North Carolina State Capitol (Raleigh, N.C.)
North Carolina State Capitol (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- View, Administration Building (Ruffin Building, Court of Appeals), Raleigh, North Carolina
- Description:
- Historical Note: The building initially held the Supreme Court and State Library along with offices. The structure is considered the defining edifice of the Capitol Square government buildings. The building lies within the boundaries of the Capitol Area Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Administration buildings
Beaux-Arts (style)
- Original Format:
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Color slide
- Item identifier:
- buch0565
- Photographer:
- Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage
Source information
- Repository:
- Preservation North Carolina
- Collection:
- Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583) held by Preservation North Carolina
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
- RightsStatements.org:
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In Copyright
For more information:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0 - Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: Ruffin Administration Building, Court of Appeals (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Marye, P. Thornton (Philip Thornton), 1872-1935 more info on Marye, P. Thornton (Philip Thornton), 1872-1935
- Architect:
- Simpson, Frank B., 1883-1966 more info on Simpson, Frank B., 1883-1966
- Built:
- Community:
- Raleigh
- State:
- North Carolina
- Historical note:
- The building initially held the Supreme Court and State Library along with offices. The structure is considered the defining edifice of the Capitol Square government buildings. The building lies within the boundaries of the Capitol Area Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Government buildings
Historic buildings
Building: North Carolina State Capitol (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844 more info on Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844
- Supervisor:
- Bragg, Thomas, Sr., 1778-1851 more info on Bragg, Thomas, Sr., 1778-1851
- Stonecutter:
- Findlater, Robert, circa 1808-1856 more info on Findlater, Robert, circa 1808-1856
- Architect:
- Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892 more info on Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
- Architect:
- Nichols, William, circa 1777-1853 more info on Nichols, William, circa 1777-1853
- Stonecutter:
- Puttick, James, circa 1807-circa 1860 more info on Puttick, James, circa 1807-circa 1860
- Consulting architect:
- Strickland, William, 1787-1854 more info on Strickland, William, 1787-1854
- Carpenter:
- Briggs, John J., 1770-1856 more info on Briggs, John J., 1770-1856
- Supervisor:
- Drummond, William S. more info on Drummond, William S.
- Architect:
- Percival, William more info on Percival, William
- Architect-supervisor:
- Paton, David, 1801-1882 more info on Paton, David, 1801-1882
- Carpenter:
- King, Asa, -1843 more info on King, Asa, -1843
- Stonecutter:
- Murdoch, William, 1811-1893 more info on Murdoch, William, 1811-1893
- Stonecutter:
- Stronach, William, 1803-1857 more info on Stronach, William, 1803-1857
- Mason:
- Birth, William W., 1808- more info on Birth, William W., 1808-
- Supervisor:
- Briggs, Thomas Henry, Sr., 1821-1886 more info on Briggs, Thomas Henry, Sr., 1821-1886
- Architect:
- Town and Davis, architects more info on Town and Davis, architects
- Architect:
- Marye, P. Thornton (Philip Thornton), 1872-1935 more info on Marye, P. Thornton (Philip Thornton), 1872-1935
- Architect:
- Simpson, Frank B., 1883-1966 more info on Simpson, Frank B., 1883-1966
- Built:
- Street:
- 1 East Edenton St., Union Square
- Community:
- Raleigh
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 27601
- Architectural note:
- The structure is one of North Carolina's finest and best preserved Greek Revival public buildings. A sequence of architects were involved in the project. Nichols functioned only in the capacity of architect on this project. In 1970, a marble replica of the Canova Washington was added. The building was restored to its orginal paint colors and granitizing in the 1990s.
- Historical note:
- The capitol grounds contain several memorials to wars and political figures erected through twentieth century. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as a North Carolina Historic Site, and as a National Historical Landmark.
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Capitols
Historic buildings
Historic sites
National Historic Landmarks
National Register of Historic Places
North Carolina -- History
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.781257, -78.63894