Wilmont Apartments

The first apartment building built west of the North Carolina State University campus, the Wilmont takes its name from the subdivision located directly to the north. Daniel Allen, a real estate entrepreneur who developed the Wilmont, Hayes-Barton, and Mordecai neighborhoods, and builder C.C. Pierce constructed the Wilmont in 1926. The four-story U-plan building features Spanish Colonial-influenced details, including a stepped parapet with a green tile ornamental roof, an arched parapet piercing the tile roof at the center of each bay, and brick arches. The central bay has a concrete panel with the word "Wilmont" carved into it. Private residences.

Date: 1926

Images

Wilmont Apartments, 2010
Wilmont Apartments, 2010 Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.
Wilmont Apartments, 2010
Wilmont Apartments, 2010 Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.
Wilmont Apartments, ca. 1926
Wilmont Apartments, ca. 1926 Image courtesy of the White Southern Belle Collection.
Wilmont Apartments
Wilmont Apartments Image courtesy of HMW Preservation.
Wilmont Apartments
Wilmont Apartments Image courtesy of HMW Preservation.

Location

3200 Hillsborough Street

Metadata

RHDC, “Wilmont Apartments,” Raleigh Historic, accessed October 4, 2024, https://raleighhistoric.org/items/show/117.