The two opposite sides of the building, benighted in gloomy shadow, are covered in neoclassical and beaux arts ornamentation. Apparently the architect had never heard of the idea of the sun shining from the southeast!
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In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 4th, 2023, the Professional Building (built 1925; designed by Yancey Milburn of the firm Milburn, Heister & Company; 83001925 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the southeast corner of South McDowell Street (U.S. routes 70 and 401 and North Carolina Highway 50) and West Hargett Street.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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• Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area (Q117861793)
• Research Triangle (Q767860)
• U.S. Route 70 (Q410063)
• U.S. Route 401 (Q4297315)
• Yancey Milburn (Q118112853)