The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-01-12

tive Baptist church. and one a colored
church on New Berne avenue one is
school building (Messrs. Fray e Morson's
Male Academy one the county jail one
the county court house one the large build
ing of Shaw University, one the Governors
mansion, and one the large new store
OF julius Lewis q Co. There is a larger
proportion of more costly buildings than in
any former year. There has also been
great deal Of improvement in buildings.
\ reasonable estimate puts the value Of
the buildings erected in this city in 1888 at
a quarter of million Of dollars.
Especially noteworthy is the new and
elegantly finished Wake County Court
House. The new building of Messrs. Ju-
Illus Lewis & Co. adds more to the elegance
OF the business part Of the city than any
other building of the year. 1t continues
the handsome block of three and four
story buildings between Hargett and Mar
tin streets. When the rest of this street
is built up as the greater part of this block
now is, no city of less than 10000 inhab-
tants can boast of more imposing street.
The new Governors mansion, now in
course of erection will be elegant enough
for our gubernatorial residence (as Col.
Hicks's drawings show) when North Caro-
lima shall contain 100000 people and this
city shall be full Of millionaires. The new
building of Shaw University (colored is
one of the most imposing in the city and
less noteworthy than the institution is
benefit to the freedmen OF the State
Among the new residences completed
last year was Mr. D. G. Rands very ele-
giant home on Fayetteville street; and
among those now in course Of erection are
Mr.. Colin NJ. Hawkins's, near the new
Governors mansion, and Mr.. A. w. Hay
woods handsome residence on New Berne
avenue.
Raleigh is a charming place for a resi-
dence. The beauty Of our trees is re-
markable. Few cities can boast Of a
more lovely picture than the capitol
grounds, than Mr.. Julius Lewis's resi-
Col. Heck's, than those fine old oaks at
Bishop Lyman's, for which he thinks New
York would pay 5000 each if they cuold
be transplanted, for they would almost
shade Union Square; than the grove at St.
Mary's, than the grounds at Mrs. Morde
Deaf Dumb and Blind Institution, and
many more.
There is no city of the same size in this
part of the world, at least, that can begin
10 compare with Raleigh in its public
buildings. Its post office is a magnificent
edifice, having cost over half a million dol
lars; and as a traveller approaches Raj
eigh he sees its cleaning granite afar off.
Close by its side stands the handsome
Wake county court house, in striking con-
trast of color, but in fitting harmony of
style. On a prominent ridge rises the
stately pile Of the North Carolina Insane
Asylum and the State Penitentiary, now
nearing completion. This will show as
handsome proportions as any building in
the State. Two institutions for the deaf,
dumb and blind are within the city limits.
st. Mary's School is an ornament that any
city might be proud Of, and stands in a
handsome park of several acres. Peace
Institute, on the north, is equally attrac-
tive and prominent, while the st. Angus
tine School is preparing to rise from its
ashes at the northeast edge of the city.
1t will be handsome building Of brick.
On the south side the noble collection OF
buildings Of Shaw University. The South
has no more important enterprises than
these, the result of Prof. Tupper's perSe-
vering and energetic years Of toll. The
new Leonard Medical College, recently
completed, in connection with this Uni
versity, we regard as the most wisely ap.
piled effort toward the aElelioratiOn anC
improvement of the colored race that has
ever been projected in the country. The
coored people are dying at rate three
times greater than the whites, which i:
largely attributable to the fact that they
have been under no medical care at all, o.
largely in charge Of quacks of the wors
kind. Leonard Medical College is edu
eating colOred doctors in a thorough man
ner, and the effect cannot fail to be o
very substantial benefit to the colored