The Professional Building is a historic office building located at Raleigh, North Carolina. It was designed by Yancey Milburn of the architectural firm Milburn, Heister & Company and built in 1925. It is an eight-story, steel frame and yellow brick veneer Classical Revival style skyscraper with Beaux Arts style terra cotta ornamental elements. It consists of a two-story "base", five-story "shaft" and one-story "capital" in the Chicago style.[2]
Professional Building | |
 Professional Building, September 2014 | |
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| Location | 123-127 W. Hargett and McDowell Sts., Raleigh, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°46′42″N 78°38′28″W / 35.77833°N 78.64111°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1925 |
| Built by | J. E. Beaman |
| Architect | Milburn, Heister & Company |
| Architectural style | Chicago, Neo-Classical |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001925[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1983 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ W. P. Dinsmoor White (June 1982). "Professional Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.