{"id":85,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:12","latitude":35.78272270000000077061486081220209598541259765625,"longitude":-78.6464373000000023239408619701862335205078125,"title":"(former) Raleigh Electric Company Power House","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/0217eebd56ed858b3d72b8a02619d81d.jpg","address":"513-515 West Jones Street","all_locations":[],"zoom":5,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"The Raleigh Electric Company built this building and its coal-fired steam-driven turbines to power Raleigh&#039;s electric street car system and to augment power supplies for the city. The structure&#039;s tripartite arrangement, featuring a gable-front roof and structural-steel framing system faced with common bond brick, reflects typical industrial design of the era. Its life as a steam plant likely ended in 1930 when the boiler house became a storage area. In 1998, the building was rehabilitated for commercial use.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate:  ca. 1910, 1930","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/RaleighElectricCompanyPowerHouse_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\">(former) Raleigh Electric Company Power House</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/0217eebd56ed858b3d72b8a02619d81d.jpg":{"id":168,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Raleigh Electric Company Power House, 2009","description":"Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/0217eebd56ed858b3d72b8a02619d81d.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/8e2c9372aae876d4518aa9cbe7cf47de.jpg":{"id":484,"mime-type":"image/gif","title":"Raleigh Electric Company Power House, 1980","description":"Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/8e2c9372aae876d4518aa9cbe7cf47de.jpg"}}}