Horse drawn carriages on Hillsborough Street, looking east toward Tompkins Hall

Hillsborough Street (Raleigh, N.C.)
Tompkins Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Title:
Horse drawn carriages on Hillsborough Street, looking east toward Tompkins Hall
Description:
Hillsborough Street borders the North Carolina State University campus. Now the home of many restaurants and stores that North Carolina State students frequent, when the school opened, it was the location of many of the professors' houses and had a cable car line that went from campus to downtown Raleigh.
Topics:
Campus and Town
Subjects:
Universities and colleges
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
0001723
Created Date:
circa
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Names:
North Carolina State University -- Buildings more info on North Carolina State University -- Buildings 
North Carolina State College more info on North Carolina State College 
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs

Building: Hillsborough Street (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Community:
Raleigh
Latitude, Longitude:
35.787773, -78.668037

Building: North Carolina State University, Daniel Augustus Tompkins Hall -- Textile Building (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

General note:
Tompkins Hall is named for Daniel Augustus Tompkins, who pushed for the College of Textiles and designed the building that now holds his name. The original hall was built in 1901, but destroyed by fire in 1914. It was rebuilt the same year.
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:
College buildings
Historic buildings
Latitude, Longitude:
35.786701, -78.665199