{"id":45,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:11","latitude":35.78289290000000022473614080809056758880615234375,"longitude":-78.64283249999999725332600064575672149658203125,"title":"North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/ac07709f65f69ae2c92b71ce88f5e28e.jpg","address":"216 West Jones Street","all_locations":[],"zoom":5,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"Architect Frank P. Milburn designed this Chateauesque building that stands on Caswell Square, one of the five public squares in the original 1792 plan for Raleigh. The dormitory comprises a hip-roofed main block with parapeted gable projections and engaged towers. The only survivor from the campus of the first state-supported school for the blind and deaf in North Carolina, it is used by the state for offices.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate:  1898","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/NorthCarolinaSchoolForTheBlindAndDeafDormitory_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\">North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory Landmark Designation Ordinance and Report</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/ac07709f65f69ae2c92b71ce88f5e28e.jpg":{"id":149,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory, 2011","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/ac07709f65f69ae2c92b71ce88f5e28e.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/eabc7cafd0a07b422941f5f48dfbb403.jpg":{"id":150,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory, 2011","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/eabc7cafd0a07b422941f5f48dfbb403.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/018b68bb8552a01dbce4ccc8ef17d7fd.jpg":{"id":252,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory, 1980s","description":"Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/018b68bb8552a01dbce4ccc8ef17d7fd.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/e3c919ac4956aa7a405ce4bbb920f9b5.jpg":{"id":647,"mime-type":"image/gif","title":"North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory, date unknown","description":"Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/e3c919ac4956aa7a405ce4bbb920f9b5.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/53023798aa9fe34198ffb3ae7f5d1490.jpg":{"id":927,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory","description":"Image courtesy of Raleigh Public Record. | Photo by Karen Tam.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/53023798aa9fe34198ffb3ae7f5d1490.jpg"}}}