Area less than one acre Architect Milburn, Frank P. Opened 1898 | Built 1898 (1898) NRHP Reference # 76001343 Added to NRHP 11 August 1976 | |
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Location 216 W. Jones St., Raleigh, North Carolina Architectural style Renaissance, Chateauesque Similar Free Church of the Good, North Carolina Executive, Mordecai House, North Carolina Museum, Yates Mill | ||
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 noted 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. 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.