Raleigh Public Record

The story of a reconstruction-era election, and the Democrats’ reconstruction of the results.

The history of St. Mary’s, once in the wilds of central North Carolina, through the Civil War and its annexation to the capital city.

The story of Raleigh’s first library.

The Nazareth Orphanage once occupied 600 acres in Raleigh.

In the second installment of this two-part series, a historian describes how Raleigh residents witnessed the end of the Civil War.

In the first of this two-part series, historian Ernest Dollar describes how Raleigh residents witnessed the end of the Civil War firsthand.

A brief history of the Method Road community, annexed by Raleigh in the 1960s.

Where did all those downtown street names come from?

Boylan Heights’ namesake, his unpopular political views and love of Raleigh.

The history of Raleigh’s railroad, and how it may have saved Raleigh’s position as the state capital.