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Entrance, Needham B. Broughton High School

Broughton High School (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Entrance, Needham B. Broughton High School
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Arches
Columns
High schools
Romanesque revival (Architecture)
School buildings
Towers (Building divisions)
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ncar_N_76_11_583
Photographer:
Lee, M. A. more info on Lee, M. A. 
Architect:
Crampton and Deitrick more info on Crampton and Deitrick 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Beaux Arts to Modernism

Source information

Repository:
State Archives of North Carolina
Collection:
Division of Archives and History Photograph Collection (State Archives of North Carolina Collection 4.1) held by State Archives of North Carolina
Note field:
Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
Rights:
Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the North Carolina State Archives.
Funding:
Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Building: Broughton, Needham B. High School -- Raleigh High School (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Deitrick, William Henley, 1895-1974 
Built:
Street:
723 St. Mary's Street
Community:
Raleigh
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
27605
Architectural note:
Deitrick won a design competition for the school, which was unique from other 1920s public schools in the area due to its Lombard Gothic Revival style.
Historical note:
The structure was initially called Broughton High School.
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:
High school buildings
Historic buildings
Latitude, Longitude:
35.78551, -78.642669