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Grosvenor Gardens Apartments

Coordinates: 35°46′53″N 78°39′18″W / 35.78139°N 78.65500°W / 35.78139; -78.65500
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Grosvenor Gardens Apartments
Grosvenor Gardens, September 2014
Grosvenor Gardens Apartments is located in North Carolina
Grosvenor Gardens Apartments
Grosvenor Gardens Apartments is located in the United States
Grosvenor Gardens Apartments
Location1101 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates35°46′53″N 78°39′18″W / 35.78139°N 78.65500°W / 35.78139; -78.65500
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1939 (1939)
Built byCoffey, J. W., and Son
ArchitectEdwards, James M., Jr.; Et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.92001602[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1992

Grosvenor Gardens Apartments is an historic apartment complex located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. The three-story, Colonial Revival style brick building was constructed in 1939 and consists of a “U” shape plan around an open landscaped courtyard. It is a pedimented gable-roofed structure with symmetrically arranged three- and five bay units, three of which feature two-story convex porticos facing the center courtyard. There are 58 studio apartmetns, one basement apartment with one bedroom, one two-bedroom apartment, one three-bedroom apartment, and a laundry room in the complex.[2]

Owner-developer of the building, Sidney J. Wollman, named the building after Grosvenor Gardens in London. Descendants of the Wollman family owned the property until 2021.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 and is a Raleigh Historic Landmark.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Helen P. Ross (August 1992). "Grosvenor Gardens Apartments" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.