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There’s no doubt Raleigh is a growing city, with new developments popping up seemingly on the daily. While many worry our “boring” city (incorporated 1792) is losing her identity, legacy lives on everywhere you look—from carefully preserved buildings dating back to the American Revolution to districts honoring historic namesakes. Think you know the Cap City’s character? Let’s trip back in time and find out. No Googling!
1. Red Hat Amphitheater was almost named for what adult beverage brand, before the NC Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission denied the request to opt for a more PG namesake?
a. Coors Light
b. Bud Light
c. Pabst Blue Ribbon
d. Sierra Nevada
2. Which (allegedly haunted) Raleigh building was initially meant to be a tomb for the wife of former Gov. Montfort Stokes, but was repurposed after it was constructed at the wrong scale?
a. Mordecai House
b. NC Legislative Building
c. The Capitol Building
d. NC Museum of Art
3. Welcome to the gun show. After the OG Raleigh Iron Works went bankrupt, it was acquired by Peden Steel Company and moved to Atlantic Avenue. The business went on to build what product for the U.S. military during World War II?
a. Shell casings
b. Barges
c. Aircraft parts
d. Bunkers
4. In 1914, Clyde Alvin Dillon Sr. founded Dillon Supply Co. on West Martin Street. While Junior devoted his whole career working at the family biz, what was his side hustle? West Martin Street
a. Announcing for NC State’s basketball and football teams
b. Teaching at Broughton
c. Preaching at Edenton Street United Methodist Church
d. Bartending in the Village District
5. Alexa, queue “I’m Still Standing” by Elton John. Which Raleigh bar has been “a Raleigh tradition since 1951,” making it the oldest bar in the City of Oaks?
a. Mitch’s Tavern
b. The Cardinal
c. The Raleigh Times
d. Players Retreat
6. The almost-150-year-old Victorian-era house that serves as home to Second Empire Restaurant and Tavern is named after which NC confederate officer and which former Raleigh mayor?
a. Braxton Bragg and William H. Harrison
b. D.H. Hill and Basil C. Manly
c. John Wetmore Hinsdale and William H. Dodd
d. Dorsey Pender and William White
7. Bottoms up! Before settling in at its current Glenwood Avenue location, cocktail bar Dram & Draught got its start in a stand-alone Hillsborough Street building that formerly housed what?
a. A Dillon Supply Co. shop
b. Piggly Wiggly
c. The NC Legislative Building
d. TAO Auto Shop
8. The DTR Holiday Inn—known for its unique cylinder shape—won the title of Raleigh’s tallest building when it was built in 1969. Which DTR tower stole the title in 1977? (Hint: It’s currently Raleigh’s sixth tallest tower.)
a. One Hanover Square
b. Wake County Public Safety Center
c. One Progress Plaza
d. 333 Fayetteville Street
9. Erected in 1769, the Joel Lane House is the oldest house in Wake County. Which governing body did owner and “Father of Raleigh” Joel Lane not participate in?
a. Continental Congress
b. General Assembly
c. State Senate
d. Fayetteville Constitutional Convention
Answers:
- B; 2. C; 3. B; 4. A; 5. D; 6. C; 7. D; 8. C; 9. A.
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