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

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The State Capitol The present capitol, majestic and serene .among stately oaks, was completed in lf'5f1O after the old capitol was demolished hy ifire. The stone wa.s talsen from a quarry near Raleigh. William Nichols directed the lnuiluling, and lthiel Towne ol: New York City acted as architect. Silas Burns, who was for many years proprietor of the only foundry in Raleigh, was given the contract for constructing the iron ifence. The fence was ref moved in 1898 and now encloses the old City Cemetery. The capitol is one of the architectually perfect buildings in this country. The column and entalylature are Grecian Doric and were copied from the Temple of Minerva, commonly called the Parthenon, which was erected in Athens about 500 years before Christ.

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if Christ Episcopal Church was organized in l82O, Rev. John Phillips of Calvary Church in Tarboro, being missionary in charge. ln 1822 a -vestry was elected, consisting of Chief Justice John Louis Taylor, Mfilliam H. Haywood, and Dr. 1Burgess. A wooden Church was built in 11329. The present beautiful edifice was erected in 11845 under the supervision of Mr. Upjohn the leading ecclesiastical architect ,of this period. The first rector was 1Rev.JIohn Tiavenscroft. The 'original 'vestrym-erm of the church were .John Louis Taylor, Dr. Burges, William H. Haywood,

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Interior State Capitol f.r .f 1