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At the end of the road stands Midway Plantation, built in 1848 as the seat of the extended Hinton family, whose many thousands of acres once stretched westward from Smithfield to outside Raleigh. Midway Plantation now graces a site a few miles from the original location on Highway 64 after a dramatic move in 2005 that is the subject of a major new documentary film by Godfrey Cheshire.
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Raleigh�s stylish Hayes Barton neighborhood, located just off Glenwood Avenue, is the grandest of the city�s post-World War I suburbs. Among the landmarks of this historic district is the home of Clyde and Carole Anders, a vintage 1920s Mediterranean residence that contains a stellar collection of North Carolina art and pottery.
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Metro Magazine
(NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 8 Issue 3, Mar 2007,
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Southerners love continuity, especially when it deals with homes and land. Located near Hillsborough in Orange County is one such home. It is called Chatwood, c. 1790, and it was originally a tavern and later associated with a mill. Lea describes the work of Rex and Ellen Adams to renovate the residence and restore the overgrown garden.
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The AIA Triangle Awards for design excellence were presented to the winning architectural firms on April 10, 2007. The awards offer an annual glimpse into the latest trends in building design in the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area.
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Raleigh's Historic Cemetery and Mausoleum is located in the center of Historic Oakwood, the city's revitalized Victorian neighborhood. Raleigh businessman and plantation owner Henry Mordecai donated 2 and one-acres for the cemetery in 1867. Today it covers 102 acres and is the resting place of 1,500 Confederate soldiers and sailors and four Confederate generals, as well as other great and ordinary individuals who populated Raleigh and the state.
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The Greek Revival plantation house on Poplar Neck Plantation near Edenton dates to 1853. Simon and Nancy Rich purchased the 300-acre property in 1975. Lea discusses the renovation of the house and the old derelict Edenton Peanut Mill, which was built in 1909.
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Dorothea Dix Hospital, which stands on a high hill overlooking the city of Raleigh, was the state's first hospital to treat mental illness. The North Carolina General Assembly approved appropriations for the hospital on December 23, 1848. Lea recounts the history of the institution from its opening to its closing. Today much of the land has been deeded away by the State of North Carolina, but a core section, dotted with dozens of interesting and historical buildings, remains. This core section is up for grabs, and the legislature is reviewing proposals of what to do with it. One promising proposal would designate Dix Hill as a Park District.
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The AIA Triangle Chapter serves over 600 members from central North Carolina counties. The AIA Triangle Design Award, a juried competition, recognizes member architects for design excellence. Judges for the 2006 competition were Boston-based architects. The nine winners, selected from eighty-four entries, were divided into four Honor Awards and five Merit Awards. Projects designs must be developed in the Research Triangle, but the project can be carried out in any area of the country.
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After closing two-and-a-half years for expansion and renovation, the Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium reopened in May 2006. Lea discusses the renovation project and describes exhibits in the mountain, Piedmont, coastal plains, and ocean galleries. The simulated environments have been praised as being indistinguishable from the real thing. Of the three state aquariums, the one at Pine Knoll Shores is the only one with access to natural seawater for the exhibit tanks.
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The new Museum of the Albemarle seeks to convey and instill the customs and values of the people who settled and sustained the Albemarle region. The four-story 50,000-square-foot building draws upon the historic Outer Banks United States Life Saving Service buildings for its design. The museum began in 1967, and the new building opened in April 2006. Lea discusses the design of the building, the people who made it happen, and the exhibits.
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11.Warrenton Classic Reclaims Hospitable Past by Lea, Diane Metro Magazine Vol. 7 Issue 9, Sept 2006
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The town of Warrenton in Warren County has preserved the best of its grand homes over the years. Lea describes Raleigh residents Charlie and Judy Edwards' search to find a historic house to restore. They eventually settled on the Warrenton's historic Arrington-Alston House, circa 1851, a classic Greek revival residence attributed to master builder Jacob Holt.
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Franklin Street and Rosemary Street link downtown Chapel Hill from the famous 100 block of Franklin westward to the edge of Carrboro at Merritt Mill Road. Lea discusses new buildings and plans now in place for a number of mixed-use residential developments and one luxury hotel that will transform this area into a classy downtown.
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Greg Hatem, Raleigh developer, entrepreneur, and downtown resident, is managing partner of Empire Properties. Food and historic preservation are key elements in his successful renovation and adaptive reuse of over forty-one downtown buildings. More are in the planning stage, including a new hotel to accompany the Marriott under construction as part of the new Raleigh civic center. Lea describes how Hatem got started in business and some of the buildings and their new uses.
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Midway Plantation in Knightdale was built on a 1739 land grant from Lord Granville, and the property has remained in the Silver family for seven generations. The plantation house sat on what was the old Tarborough Road, which has become a major highway in 2005. Highway I-540 is encroaching nearby. To save their 4,000-square-foot home, the family moved the house and its five outbuildings to a new location. Lea discusses the relocation process.
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From 1756 until the 1950s, Yates Mill, Wake County's only surviving water-powered gristmill, filled an important social and economic function for the area.
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