Grosvenor Gardens Apartments
National Register of Historic Places

Grosvenor Gardens Apartments

Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
Listed
November 12, 1992
Type
Building
Ref No.
92001602

About this property

Grosvenor Gardens Apartments is an historic apartment complex located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. The three-story, Colonial Revival style brick building was constructed in 1939 and consists of a “U” shape plan around an open landscaped courtyard. It is a pedimented gable-roofed structure with symmetrically arranged three- and five bay units, three of which feature two-story convex porticos facing the center courtyard. There are 58 studio apartments, one basement apartment with one bedroom, one two-bedroom apartment, one three-bedroom apartment, and a laundry room in the complex. Owner-developer of the building, Sidney J. Wollman, named the building after Grosvenor Gardens in London. Descendants of the Wollman family owned the property until 2021. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 and is a Raleigh Historic Landmark.

Location

1101 Hillsborough St.
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
35.78155, -78.65467

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTUREARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Questions about this property

When was Grosvenor Gardens Apartments listed on the National Register?

Grosvenor Gardens Apartments was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1992.

What type of historic resource is Grosvenor Gardens Apartments?

Grosvenor Gardens Apartments is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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