(former) CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage

The Carolina Power and Light Company erected this simple but elegant one-story common-bond brick building to house electric streetcars and buses. The building later became an automobile garage. It is a rare example of an Art Deco transportation-related facility erected in then architecturally conservative Raleigh. In 1998 the structure was adapted for commercial use and now houses offices and restaurant space.

Date: 1925

Images

CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, 2009
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, 2009 Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown Northeast Side View. Image courtesy of the (former) CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage.
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown Northeast Side View. Image courtesy of the (former) CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage.
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown Southeast Side View. Image courtesy of the (former) CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage.
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown Southeast Side View. Image courtesy of the (former) CP&L Car Barn and Automobile garage.
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown Southwest Side View. Image courtesy of the (former) CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage.
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown Southwest Side View. Image courtesy of the (former) CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage.
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown West Side View. Image courtesy of the (former) CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage.
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown
CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage, date unknown Plaque. Image courtesy of the (former) CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage.

Location

116 North West Street

Metadata

RHDC, “(former) CP&L Car Barn and Automobile Garage,” Raleigh Historic, accessed October 22, 2024, https://raleighhistoric.org/items/show/78.