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Surveyor William Christmas's plan included Union Square (today the site of the State Capitol) with four main streets extending from the square: Hillsborough, Fayetteville, New Bern, and Halifax. Other streets formed a regular grid with Union Square near the center. Four smaller park squares also graced the plan; today, only Nash and Moore Squares remain open parks. The Executive Mansion stands on Burke Square and state government buildings occupy Caswell Square.</p>","postscript_text":"","tour_img":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/67f1069b263bb58d8b5ae30498d9dd49.jpg","items":[{"id":190,"title":"City Cemetery","latitude":35.77879715588500175726949237287044525146484375,"longitude":-78.6313602086739962260253378190100193023681640625,"thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/67f1069b263bb58d8b5ae30498d9dd49.jpg","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/67f1069b263bb58d8b5ae30498d9dd49.jpg","subtitle":null,"address":"519 E Hargett Street","custom":{"subtitle":null,"text":null}},{"id":11,"title":"Lane-Bennett 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