216 W. Jones St., Raleigh, North Carolina. County/parish: Wake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 11, 1976. NRIS 76001343.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory, also known as the Old Health Building, is a historic dormitory building located at Raleigh, North Carolina. It was designed by the architect Frank Pierce Milburn and built in 1898. It is a 3 1/2-story, rectangular, red brick, Châteauesque-style building. It features a dramatic, towered dormered roofline and measures 104 feet wide and 85 feet deep. It consists of a rectangular block with parapeted gabled pavilions, three-story engaged towers, and a three-story rear wing. It is the only remaining structure of the North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf, now known as Governor Morehead School. After the school moved to a new location in 1923, the building housed state offices.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722572