Professional Building (Raleigh, North Carolina) Explained

Professional Building
Location:123-127 W. Hargett and McDowell Sts., Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.7783°N -78.6411°W
Builder:J. E. Beaman
Architect:Milburn, Heister & Company
Architecture:Chicago, Neo-Classical
Added:September 8, 1983
Refnum:83001925

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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: W. P. Dinsmoor White . Professional Building . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . June 1982 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-06-01.