Professional Building (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Professional Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Professional Building, September 2014
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Location	123-127 W. Hargett and McDowell Sts., Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°46′42″N78°38′28″W / 35.77833°N 78.64111°W / 35.77833; -78.64111
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1925 (1925)
Built by	J. E. Beaman
Architect	Milburn, Heister & Company
Architectural style	Chicago, Neo-Classical
NRHP reference No.	83001925 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1983

The Professional Building is a historic office building located at Raleigh, North Carolina. It was designed by Yancey Milburn of the architectural firm Milburn, Heister & Company and built in 1925. It is an eight-story, steel frame and yellow brick veneer Classical Revival-style skyscraper with Beaux Arts-style terra cotta ornamental elements. It consists of a two-story "base", five-story "shaft" and one-story "capital" in the Chicago style. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. W. P. Dinsmoor White (June 1982). "Professional Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.