{"id":208,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-08-19 21:23:51","latitude":35.78069268851933060204828507266938686370849609375,"longitude":-78.65283966064453125,"title":"Cameron Court Apartments","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/92661c7a0ae6a1cc11b382d9c983295b.jpg","address":"905 Hillsborough Street","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"Oral tradition holds that Cameron Court, a large 1938 apartment complex, was popular with members of the LGBTQIA+ community in the 1980s and 1990s. The ability to choose to live in proximity with other LGBTQIA+ people created a physical community at a time in Raleigh when many people still felt the need to be discreet or even secretive about their sexual orientation. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nTwo other areas in Raleigh have been identified through oral history that were small enclaves for the LGBTQIA+ community. The Vance Apartment building at 105 E. Edenton St. was demolished in the 1980s. Young St., between Wake Forest Rd. and Ann St. in northeast Raleigh, is a roughly block-long area of single-family houses said to have been purchased by and rented out to gay men and drag performers in the late 20th century; the street was nicknamed “Queen Street.” <br />\r\n<br />\r\nBuild Date: 1938<br />\r\nLGBTQIA+ Associated: 1980s-1990s","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/lqbtqia-site-evaluation-cameron-court-apartments.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Cameron Court Apartments Site Evaluation\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cameron Court Apartments Site Evaluation</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/92661c7a0ae6a1cc11b382d9c983295b.jpg":{"id":1068,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Cameron Court Apartments 2024 along W. Morgan St. 1.JPG","description":"","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/92661c7a0ae6a1cc11b382d9c983295b.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/e3bf2d474f2d0d833acda820b717f820.jpg":{"id":1069,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Cameron Court Apartments 2024 along W. Morgan St. 2.JPG","description":"","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/e3bf2d474f2d0d833acda820b717f820.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/24dc94f315f349b5ce3fc8fef11b3c28.jpg":{"id":1070,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Cameron Court Apartments 2024 elevations along Hillsborough St. 3.JPG","description":"","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/24dc94f315f349b5ce3fc8fef11b3c28.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/f2970353ac5ff1e1bfd3963e5870a140.jpg":{"id":1071,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Cameron Court Apartments 2024 elevations at quadrandle near SW corner of parcel 1.JPG","description":"","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/f2970353ac5ff1e1bfd3963e5870a140.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/994209ebea7d5c98e698cc3ae218610e.jpg":{"id":1072,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Cameron Court Apartments 2024 elevations, entrance, and walkway near parcel&#039;s SW corner.JPG","description":"","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/994209ebea7d5c98e698cc3ae218610e.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/de455219b9f5405e82d3d3a4110e9227.jpg":{"id":1086,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"NO_28282_pridemarch1988_3.jpg","description":"","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/de455219b9f5405e82d3d3a4110e9227.jpg"}}}