{"id":117,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:12","latitude":35.79086749999999739202394266612827777862548828125,"longitude":-78.6794376999999940380803309381008148193359375,"title":"Wilmont Apartments","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/39bbdfe1fa8c07ae1ee9faa2f7936a97.jpg","address":"3200 Hillsborough Street","all_locations":[],"zoom":5,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"The first apartment building built west of the North Carolina State University campus, the Wilmont takes its name from the subdivision located directly to the north. Daniel Allen, a real estate entrepreneur who developed the Wilmont, Hayes-Barton, and Mordecai neighborhoods, and builder C.C. Pierce constructed the Wilmont in 1926. The four-story U-plan building features Spanish Colonial-influenced details, including a stepped parapet with a green tile ornamental roof, an arched parapet piercing the tile roof at the center of each bay, and brick arches. The central bay has a concrete panel with the word &quot;Wilmont&quot; carved into it. Private residences.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate:  1926","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/WilmontApartments_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\">Wilmont Apartments Landmark Designation Ordinance and Report</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/39bbdfe1fa8c07ae1ee9faa2f7936a97.jpg":{"id":83,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Wilmont Apartments, 2010","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/39bbdfe1fa8c07ae1ee9faa2f7936a97.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/1e168013d046313c9bf869760048adb7.jpg":{"id":84,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Wilmont Apartments, 2010","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/1e168013d046313c9bf869760048adb7.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/6ad13fc926222a55ce138ce050babffa.jpg":{"id":458,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Wilmont Apartments, ca. 1926","description":"Image courtesy of the White Southern Belle Collection.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/6ad13fc926222a55ce138ce050babffa.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/39d42956bd4b1df38620b1ef484416e1.jpg":{"id":876,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Wilmont Apartments","description":"Image courtesy of HMW Preservation.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/39d42956bd4b1df38620b1ef484416e1.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/7266eb9dc6438a5816d282b7a72d128b.jpg":{"id":877,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Wilmont Apartments","description":"Image courtesy of HMW Preservation.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/7266eb9dc6438a5816d282b7a72d128b.jpg"}}}