{"id":52,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:11","latitude":35.77171868056431236482239910401403903961181640625,"longitude":-78.637226521968841552734375,"title":"Estey Hall, Shaw University","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/012ac0e08b18c2f98a6edbe8f8f50213.jpg","address":"East South Street on Shaw University Campus","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"Estey Hall was the first structure built for the higher education of African American women in the United States and is the oldest surviving building on the Shaw University campus. Designed by G. S. H. Appleget, the building has a cross-gabled roof with a framed cupola and windows heavily accented by surrounds of stuccoed brick. The Estey Hall Foundation rehabilitated the building in the late twentieth century.<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/ShawUniversity-EsteyHall_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estey Hall, Shaw University Landmark Designation Report and Ordinance</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/012ac0e08b18c2f98a6edbe8f8f50213.jpg":{"id":56,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Estey Hall, 2010","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/012ac0e08b18c2f98a6edbe8f8f50213.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/e1120f03337bbc0002c1e8f9e7ecce2b.jpg":{"id":57,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Estey Hall, 2010","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/e1120f03337bbc0002c1e8f9e7ecce2b.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/297b5da88525dbc314b055e5a4b51aa6.jpg":{"id":303,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Estey Hall, 2013","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/297b5da88525dbc314b055e5a4b51aa6.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/ebfa2cbb527db1c39a3e261fe0ab6e9f.jpg":{"id":304,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Estey Hall, 2013","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/ebfa2cbb527db1c39a3e261fe0ab6e9f.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/b55eba3a7ab46b6c42ef742160e38193.jpg":{"id":545,"mime-type":"image/gif","title":"Estey Hall,1873","description":"Image courtesy of the General Negative Collection, North Carolina State Archives.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/b55eba3a7ab46b6c42ef742160e38193.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/5214595a17f39dbfb02ec5a909f6aca6.jpg":{"id":546,"mime-type":"image/gif","title":"Estey Hall, 1980","description":"Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/5214595a17f39dbfb02ec5a909f6aca6.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/547430e243d42cc7116c2cdcf93ba1a5.jpg":{"id":759,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Estey Hall, date unknown","description":"Postcard.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nImage courtesy of &quot;Estey Hall, Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C.,&quot; Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077), North Carolina Postcards, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/547430e243d42cc7116c2cdcf93ba1a5.jpg"}}}