{"id":39,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:11","latitude":35.7776580035912417088184156455099582672119140625,"longitude":-78.639442688458302654908038675785064697265625,"title":"Briggs Hardware Building","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/aa34e26fa1e85c77061fe86d42fb1d6c.jpg","address":"220 Fayetteville Street","all_locations":[],"zoom":19,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"The red brick Briggs Hardware Building is Raleigh&#039;s only late-nineteenth-century commercial building to survive essentially unaltered since its construction. Decorative lion heads distinguish the facade of Raleigh&#039;s first skyscraper, as do the massive entablature and curvilinear pediment. The building has been renovated for offices and houses the headquarters for the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, also known as Preservation North Carolina.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate:  1874","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/BriggsHardwareBuilding_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Briggs Hardware Building Landmark Designation Report and Ordinance</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/aa34e26fa1e85c77061fe86d42fb1d6c.jpg":{"id":20,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Briggs Hardware Building","description":"<br />\r\n<br />\r\nImage Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/aa34e26fa1e85c77061fe86d42fb1d6c.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/754a5a4c32fb4580e8223f5f78885989.jpg":{"id":21,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Briggs Hardware Building, 1900-1915","description":"<br />\r\n<br />\r\nImage Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/754a5a4c32fb4580e8223f5f78885989.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/38aebd858d8790d67d33a44faa1194e8.jpg":{"id":22,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Briggs Hardware Building, 1932","description":"<br />\r\n<br />\r\nImage Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/38aebd858d8790d67d33a44faa1194e8.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/a6503d51591cc5ef8ed07b624545f7b5.jpg":{"id":144,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Briggs Hardware Building, 1980s","description":"Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/a6503d51591cc5ef8ed07b624545f7b5.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/2c336ce1e13cd1495ccfa3bfa2696953.jpg":{"id":145,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Briggs Hardware Building, 2009","description":"Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/2c336ce1e13cd1495ccfa3bfa2696953.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/666fcebec79cef49657c674591b1f8cd.jpg":{"id":249,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Briggs Hardware, 2009","description":"Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/666fcebec79cef49657c674591b1f8cd.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/76722f62efcb9103fec0fa94857de9d3.jpg":{"id":616,"mime-type":"image/gif","title":"Briggs Hardware Building, date unknown","description":"Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/76722f62efcb9103fec0fa94857de9d3.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/11f419a8052481cd6c01a41c48039438.jpg":{"id":617,"mime-type":"image/gif","title":"Briggs Hardware Building, date unknown","description":"Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/11f419a8052481cd6c01a41c48039438.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/6bd99f02494f7893138f31fa2d3af58d.jpg":{"id":715,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Briggs Hardware Building, 1974","description":"Image courtesy of Preservation North Carolina Historic Architecture Slide Collection. Front view, Briggs Hardware Building, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. Preservation North Carolina Historic Architecture Slide Collection, 1965-2005 (PNC slides). Preservation North Carolina. July 29, 2014. http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/bh2069pnc001. NCSU Libraries’ Digital Collections: Rare and Unique Materials.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/6bd99f02494f7893138f31fa2d3af58d.jpg"}}}