Needham Broughton High School - Latipac Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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XZ. have written permission from their masters. The adventures of these watchmen and their reports gave Raleigh the basis for the gossip of the times. In 1802, Raleigh bought, by voluntary contribution, her first fire engine, the price being S374-. It was also the first her citizens had ever seen. There was not a . fm y -as ?'?'I:?.XQjj 5 I L L I. 'ith '--. -h,-.L li. -is-i . eff' .- SJ Q1 val my ,640 C-Cl pump in the city, and not all ofthe wells had buckets. The iire engine operated by hand power employed 16 men and could throw 80 gallons of water per minute. In 18144, a new fire engine was bought. In 1821, the first fire company was organized. About this time an attempt was made to supply Raleigh with water. Rocky Branch was dammed up as a. source of supply. There was no filtering. The pipes and the spouts were of wood. These would burst and often become clogged up. The supply did not reach the home of every citizen, and so naturally people began to complain. In 18441, a fire broke out in a shop on Fayetteville Street. The flames spread unchecked. The water hose of the engine burst soon after it was brought into action. The water then flowed on the ground and mixed with red clay. This the firemen gathered by handfuls and bucketfuls and threw against the wall of the threatened store, and succeeded in saving it. The first attempt at a railroad in North Carolina was made here in Raleigh in 1833. It was built at the cost of 822.50 per mile and ran from the Capitol to the Rock Quarry in the remote eastern section of the city. Like other early railroads it was operated not by steam but by horse power. Over it was hauled the stone that was used to build the Capitol. A passenger car also was used on these tracks to accommodate ladies and gentlemen who could stand the jolts and exercise of a railroad airing. fx J x Qixxlfggy get fy ,X fc, 41353 3 Raleigh has been known as a city of churches. The Methodists were the first to organize, probably in 1784, and their first church was of hewn logs. A new building, finished in 1811, was burned in 1839. In 1841 they built another that was used until Edenton Street Church, as it is known today, was erected. The Baptists organized a congregation in 1812. They had a small church building on Moore Square, which was known as Baptist Grove. When there was a night service everyone brought a candle to light the building. However, this was true in all the churches. In 1835 another church 'was organized, and the build- ing was placed on Wilmington and Morgan streets. It was built by A. J. Battle with money he borrowed on securities. At present it is used by the Negroes. In 1858 the First .Baptist Church was built. In 1874, a new congregation organized the Second Baptist Church, later known as the Tabernacle Baptist Church. which- was located at its present site on Person' and Hargett streets. N. B. Broughton was largely responsible for much of the fame of the Sunday school. The Episcopal Church was organized in 1820. In 1829 a wooden church was built. It was not far from Christ Church that was erected in 184-5 or 1846. The first Rector in Raleigh was the Rev. John Ravens- croft, for whom the Ravenscroft School, which is a parochial school and exists in Raleigh today, was named. . Until 1827 the Sundays schools of several churches were united in one. One of the books used was Webster's blue-back speller. Many people went to Sunday school in order to acquire the fundamentals of learning in that day and time. The Presbyterians organized a congregation in Ra- 5 . X s. iff' ' ,Q ,ff J izli, K .b K -..., fl V. Vx f .l f ffi i 8' F .2 14 ' all it ,sp N .L ,J QI. 3 J 1. .5 X I I P Enix f 5 ...,, W-LY Y - I -H -1e'g'56S1k. - -f -- ...wr '- 'v f. I -sw- as -'.a1w.'.. . .as E f g A f 5.-' : 'Q INS lb 1.4 iv V, , l '4 . , ul , ,. X1 +, 4,-I Q v. 1 .4 4,5 ., ,qv 5 5,4 . I, r. ,:,.:,,4- ,.'-LA.:,g1Htj,,7?4, 3,1 bf Ps, A, W ., ,,W U ,I , , xl., H, -ay .Ne - zias. :1W's' f'f3?X'-fit 'f'f1'i2fi7'5X-' .ftf-?-'mfiiififffffaltil..z-i?:Sf,t, .-f..:., 1133- WW

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Fayetteville Street where the Memorial Auditorium now stands. It was made of brick that were later to be sold and used in the construction of the Centen- nial Graded School. The Palace was plain on the outside and uncomfortable inside, but it was con- sidered grand ,because of its size and resemblance to Governor Tryon's residence in New Bern. Until 17941 the governor's were not required to live in Raleigh. From then until 1798 they had to live here only six months in the year. In 1798 a, law was passed re- quiring them to make Raleigh their residenceg and if a governor planned to be away for more than ten days, he had to advertise his intentions In the Gazettes, which would correspond to the newspapers of today. In June 1831, the Statehouse burned. The State papers were saved, but the Acts of the Assembly were destroyed. . The statue of Washington was not removed, and the people of the City considered this a great loss, since it was a masterpiece of one of the greatest of modern sculptors, Canova. The bronze statue of Washington which stands today at the south front of the capitol was erected in 1857. From the time the Statehouse burned, until the Capitol was built the General Assembly usually met at the governor's Palace. The next year the General Assembly set out to provide the present fireproof structure. The first appropriation for the purpose was approximately S50,000. The commissioners, who had charge of the erection, soon found out that the 850,000 would barely pay for the foundation. However, they proceeded with their plans, and the law-makers became more liberal mak- ing appropriations that total S480,79-11.15. Two archi- tects were consulted, and a number of skilled laborers were employed, some of whom settled in Raleigh. Their descendants have been among the best citizens. The cornerstone was laid in 1833 and the building was completed in 1840. It was, at the time at least, and many competent judges think now, one of the most beautiful buildings in the United States. The columns and entablature were copied from the Parthenon, erected in Athens 500 B.C., in which Greek architec- tural art reached perfection. The dome and octagon tower, surrounding the rotlmda, are decorated after other Greek temples. Upon its completion the Capl- tol again became the center of Raleigh and its activi- ties. It has remained so until this day. At first the citizens of Raleigh had no voice in 'city government. In 1795, the General Assembly ap- pointed the seven Commissioners for a. term of three years. These appointments were renewed in 1798. In 1808, Raleigh was granted a charter. The Com- missioners and the Intendent of Police were to be elected by freemen, both Negro and white. The name mayor did not come into use until 1866. After 1875 the Commissioners were known as Aldermen. The Commissioners forced the citizens to patrol the city at night. These unpaid poliee'found action when there was disturbance among the slaves. A penalty of a S1 fine for non-attendance was provided in 1814. Then it was that some men made a living by serving in place of those that had rather sleep. Slaves, away from home after a designated hour were required to Link ut ul l nm my lriizk this .shi Lulu rain nu I Llp nhkx -PM -his -1 1- nh ill: U.. nik ,. g , fr 1. -- . . I. f - I 'I t 1.-J., ...ft '.,. ,, ' .l eliqp - 1 1 . 1 -. V , . 4 . ,Q 4 uv- . I .5 5 ' 3'-A 57- 1 If .54 -'Z n '-I l.,u. ,-ug. I., 4 awww . -sf, zl.r..Ef5asrSef'tfr, 'fin sw - mi .wife-f'fff'1-f - 4 if r V tmfd P .r ., f f- .. r x Win 4 W 7' 'fglj-. Z-jr,4Q:f:1vL,'l.-af 52-1xf:.l -Qf h,-:ggi-' fl? 15,-. V 1, - T.1F'3'.l?'.l'l,i.' l -' 4 I ' K 7' 'I ' IJ 'C ' ' I ' 'rl -A,-, .. '..,4. - . 1 . , . 4 '

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leigh in 1806. The first church was erected in 1817. The present First Presbyterian Church was built in 1899. A Catholic Church was built in 1834, the present one in 1875. Hotels were formerly called taverns. The names of some of the early taverns were Wake Old Court House , Indian Queen, in which there were 13 rooms, nine of which had fire-places, and Eagle that was made of brick. They also advertised the fact that they had an ice-house and bathing rooms, which were the first in the city. The house in which Andrew Johnson, seventeenth President of the United States, was born in Raleigh on December 29, 1809 is now in Pullen Park. One Xb . V xhkvi ' ja n . 1 '1 . Qi 'fl r . EM i ii . t - 1 ? x 2' v tv- .1 . 7 im 'X X'-'J I ill? ff fu? I .1 1-f, ' ai 'W' ,,, A ,I - -' W ' I '-I X x is ,mann . i ' I ill xt Ili g wk I li look at the house is convincing that he rose from humble beginnings. From the time Raleigh was chartered, it has mani- fested an interest in education. The Raleigh Academy was opened in 1802 for young men and women. The boys studied Latin primarily, and if they were in- terested, then turned to a profession. The girls work was primarily in English, with an acquaintance of geography. They also could study music and sewing. In 1842, St. Mary's School, an Episcopal School, was founded for young ladies. The original buildings were erected in 1832, as a school for boys, but it failed in 1838. There were a number of private schools for both boys and girls that opened their doors from 1820 until 1860, but sooner or later they closed. There was not much done for the education of the masses until 1852. Peace College was opened in 1868. Shaw University for Negroes was founded in 1865. Private schools were of a higher order than the free schools. In the free schools reading, writing and arithmetic was the work of the lower grade. In 18411, Raleigh was divided into two districts, Fayette- ville and Halifax streets being the dividing lines. The eastern school house was built in Moore Square, the western, on Boylan's land. Neither house was very much in the way of a building. Several others were built throughout the years. Brush that was usually used to heat the school houses was often sup- plied by the children. When the fuel gave out, students would go out and gather more brush. Such were the primitive methods that were characteristic of the public education of the time. Between 1850 and 1860 the building of the school for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, and the Insane Asylum were completed. When Raleigh was fifty years old, its population was scarcely over two thousand. Raleigh was an inland town and had communication with the outside world only with coming of stage-coaches and vehicles. In May 1840, the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad was completed. The people of the city had a celebration that lasted three days. The name of the first locomo- tive was the Tornado, The iron ,for the track be- came exhausted when the construction' crew was within a few miles of Raleigh, but this did not stop the Tornado, for it came into Raleigh on the bare stringers. The name Tornado was given because of the speed that the engine could make. It could go from Raleigh to Gaston, a distance of 86 miles, in 12 hours. Frequently the train would jump the track, but' it would be replaced' along the way by farmers, or some times it would have to be pushed up a hill by passengers. In 1940, Raleigh celebrated a Century of Progress in Transportation. The history of the newspaper here in Raleigh is a story of progress within itself. The Raleigh Register first appeared in 1799, and was published for more than 60 years. The founder, Joseph Gales, was a Republican. The Minerva was moved from Fayette- ville to Raleigh in 1799. William Boylan, the editor and publisher, advocated Federalist principles. The Star, and The North Carolina Gazette, and the Standard were three other papers. Church papers, such as the Bibliccol Recorder 118381 and the North Carolina Christian Advocate 118551, later called the Raleigh Christzkm Advocate, were published here. The visit of General La Fayette, March 1, 1825, created no little enthusiasm in Raleigh. In the General's honor, the city had a big celebration. He was met several miles from the city by a number of carriages and nearly 100 citizens on horseback. Even the cannon on the capitol grounds was fired in salute and a reception was given for him at the capitol. In 1852 the Yarborough House was opened to the public. . Raleigh, at one time or another, has been the home of a number of different factories. Such 'articles as shoes, sandpaper, pencils, and curry combs were made here. In olden days cock-Hghting was the most popular sport. 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