Moore Square Historic District
The Moore Square Historic District is a registered historic district located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Moore Square Historic District is a registered historic district located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, the district is centered on Moore Square, one of two surviving four-acre parks from Raleigh's original 1792 plan. The park is named after Alfred Moore, a North Carolina judge who became an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. Originally a residential neighborhood, Moore Square developed into a primary commercial hub in the city throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The district includes East Hargett Street, once known as Raleigh's "Black Main Street", because it once contained the largest number of businesses owned by African Americans in the city. City Market, Marbles Kids Museum/IMAX theatre, Pope House Museum, Artspace, and the Long View Center are located in the Moore Square district. Events that take place in Moore Square include the Raleigh Arts Festival, Artsplosure, Movies in the Park, the Street Painting Festival, and the Moore Square Farmer's Market The approximate district boundaries include Person, Morgan, Wilmington, and Davie Streets.
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Worth seeing in and around Moore Square Historic District
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 by the North Carolina General Assembly as an agricultural and mechanical college, it is the largest university in the Carolinas and a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system.
3.2 km · public research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States · Wikipedia - 02North Carolina State Capitol
The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina which housed all of the state's government until 1888. The Supreme Court and State Library moved into a separate building in 1888, and the General Assembly moved into the State Legislative Building in 1963.
400 m · state capitol building of the U.S. state of North Carolina · Wikipedia - 03Diocese of Raleigh
The Diocese of Raleigh is a diocese of the Catholic Church that covers eastern North Carolina in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
3.2 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 04North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is a natural history museum in Raleigh, North Carolina. The museum is the oldest in the state, and the largest natural history museum in the Southeastern United States.
600 m · North Carolina’s state museum for science and nature, located in Raleigh · Wikipedia - 05Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, Raleigh
Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral that is the seat of the Diocese of Raleigh in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States. It replaced Sacred Heart Cathedral.
3 km · church in North Carolina, United States · Wikipedia - 06Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Church is a Catholic church located on Hillsborough Street in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The church served as the cathedral of the Diocese of Raleigh from 1924 to 2017.
600 m · cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh · Wikipedia - 07Shaw University
Shaw University is a private historically Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in the Southern United States.
700 m · American university · Wikipedia - 08Pullen Park
Pullen Park is a 66.4-acre public park immediately west of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. It is located on Ashe Avenue and is adjacent to the Main and Centennial campuses of North Carolina State University, covering an area between Western Boulevard and historic Hillsborough Street.
2.4 km · park in North Carolina, United States of America, United States of America · Wikipedia - 09St. Augustine's University
Saint Augustine's University is a private unaccredited historically Black Christian college in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2026, it filed for bankruptcy and discontinued academic degree offerings, subsequently suspending all educational activities.
1.8 km · historically black college located in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. · Wikipedia - 10Capital Club Building
The Capital Club Building is a historic office building located at 16 W. Martin St. in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
300 m · building in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States · Wikipedia
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