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Historic Capital City Trail
The Capital City Trail, established in 1963, was a heritage trail highlighting 45 sites around central Raleigh. A printed guide mapped the properties, gave a thumbnail history of each, and suggested a…
Medical Care in Raleigh
Health care is a major industry in twenty-first century Raleigh, so it is odd to recall that there were no hospitals and few doctors here in the early nineteenth century. White physicians generally…
RHDC 50th Anniversary Tour
Interested in Raleigh Historic Landmarks, but want to get some fresh air and exercise? Begin at the Raleigh Little Theatre, wind your way through West Raleigh, check out downtown's urban core, enjoy…
Historic Method
Method, a southwest Raleigh neighborhood, evolved from a freedman’s village established in the 1870s. It was one of a dozen or so that surrounded the city in the years after Emancipation, when blacks…