{"nrhp_refnum":"76001341","name":"Agriculture Building","other_names":["See Also:78001978"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E. Edenton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.781519754000044,"lon":-78.63929432899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-06-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Neo-Classical Revival government office building of warm yellow stone on the northwest corner of Edenton Street and the Bicentennial Mall in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was designed by the local firm of Nelson and Cooper and constructed in 1921-1923 for the Department of Agriculture.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a well-detailed, regionally significant Beaux Arts government building whose symmetrical composition turns the corner of its facade. It is described as the second large Neo-Classical government building around the square and one of Raleigh's most prominent architectural landmarks. It also has symbolic value as the home of a major state industry's department.","narrative":"Completed in 1923 on the northwest corner of Edenton Street and the Bicentennial Mall in Raleigh, this warm yellow stone building was designed by the local firm of Nelson and Cooper in the Neo-Classical Revival style. Its south and east facades are composed as a single symmetrical view when seen obliquely, with an octastyle loggia of Ionic three-quarter columns rising through the upper stories and tetrastyle loggias flanking it. The building replaced the old Eagle Hotel, which had served as the first permanent home of the Department of Agriculture after the hotel was bought by the state in 1879. Its appropriation was $325,000 for the building and $100,000 for equipment and furnishings. Thomas W. Cooper, the younger partner, later became a North Carolina chapter president of the American Institute of Architects. The building is regarded as one of the most prominent architectural landmarks in Raleigh's government complex, and its interior lobby and marble staircase are noted for their finish.","period_of_significance":"1921-1923","architect_builder":"Nelson and Cooper (architects)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.621265-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/7224/47722439/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/76001341.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001341/6be5460edd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001341/6be5460edd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jmturner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agriculture-Building-Raleigh-20080321.jpeg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jmturner</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agriculture-Building-Raleigh-20080321.jpeg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722439","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4693986"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/agriculture-building-76001341/"}