{"id":115,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:12","latitude":35.78046299999999746432877145707607269287109375,"longitude":-78.6517920000000003710738383233547210693359375,"title":"Boylan Apartments","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/966c955b226faeb463929e41f2cbca78.jpg","address":"817 Hillsborough Street","all_locations":[],"zoom":5,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"The Boylan Apartments are Raleigh&#039;s earliest example of the garden-style apartment complex, which incorporates open space into the overall layout to improve living conditions for the occupants. Three simple brick-clad buildings with Colonial Revival detailing were arranged to form an interior courtyard and house one- and two-bedroom apartments. The project was produced through a public-private partnership with the Depression-era Public Works Administration. The private developer borrowed money from the federal government to erect the complex, in turn providing jobs for the unemployed and building modern housing for lower-income residents. Upon completion, the complex quickly filled with secretaries, stenographers, clerks, salesmen, and office managers. Private residences.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate:  1935","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/BoylanApartments_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boylan Apartments Landmark Designation Report and Ordinance</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/966c955b226faeb463929e41f2cbca78.jpg":{"id":17,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Boylan Apartments, 1935","description":"<br />\r\nImage Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/966c955b226faeb463929e41f2cbca78.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/d5cbd53b7079947d5b2934f9676f8a37.jpg":{"id":264,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Boylan Apartments, 2009","description":"Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/d5cbd53b7079947d5b2934f9676f8a37.jpg"}}}