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INDUCTEES Many nominations were for citizens prominent in Raleigh’s early history. A Centennial Hall of Fame has been established to honor them. Samuel A. Ashe, founder of The News & Observer Kemp Battle, Raleigh historian and President of the University of North Carolina following the Civil War A. G. Bauer, architect whose works include the Executive Mansion, Labor Building and Crocker-Capehart House Thomas Briggs, supplier of building materials during Reconstruction for some of Raleigh’s grandest buildings and homes in Raleigh’s first suburb, Oakwood William Boylan, editor of the Minerva, one of Raleigh's first newspapers and one of the commissioners who oversaw the rebuilding of the State Capitol. Duncan Cameron served as a commissioner on the rebuilding of the State Capital, bought the bankrupt Episcopal Boys School and donated it to become St. Mary’s School, and provided the land for his freed slaves to establish Oberlin Village. John Chavis, an African American teacher and minister, was a noted educator who taught whites during the day and blacks in the evening. Lawrence M. Cheek, founder of the Raleigh Independent newspaper, known today as The Carolinian, was a champion of African-American rights in the early 1900s and ran for a seat on the Raleigh City Council in 1919. Dorothea Dix, advocate for the mentally ill, successfully lobbied the North Carolina legislature for a mental hospital Joseph Gales, editor of the Raleigh Register, the most important of Raleigh's early newspapers and also a commissioner who oversaw the rebuilding of the State Capitol. John Haywood, Raleigh's first "intendant" (mayor) and the state's first elected treasurer for 40 years. Andrew Johnson, seventeenth President of the United States Joel Lane, “Father of Wake County”, persuaded the General Assembly to purchase a tract of his land to become Raleigh. Lunsford Lane, a former slave, bought his freedom and became a successful businessman and leading abolitionist General John Logan, a Union officer, kept Raleigh from being burned in the final days of the Civil War William McPheeters, the first pastor for the City of Raleigh and founder of First Presbyterian Church. George Washington Mordecai, businessman, president of the State Bank of North Carolina and prominent civic leader William Nichols, the state architect who designed the renovations to the first State House, the Mordecai addition to the Henry Lane House (now known as Mordecai) and introduced the Greek revival architectural style throughout eastern North Carolina. Berry O’Kelly, first postmaster of the Method community, co-founder of Mechanics & Farmers Bank, and philanthropist who supported endeavors for African-Americans William Peace, a businessman and philanthropist, donated eight acres of land and $10,000 to establish Peace Institute Leonidas Polk, founder of the Progressive Farmer, started the state’s Agriculture Department and led the Watauga Club whose purpose was to persuade the Legislature to establish an agriculture college (now North Carolina State University) Dr. Manassa Pope, an African-American physician who courageously challenged the Jim Crow system by running for mayor of Raleigh. Richard Stanhope Pullen, donated the land for North Carolina State University and Pullen Park, and also responsible for Raleigh’s first tree planting campaign John Rex provided funds for the first hospital. Reverend Aldert Smedes, president of Raleigh’s oldest school, Saint Mary’s, and through his efforts one the few to remain open throughout the Civil War Hannah Casso Stewart, daughter of innkeeper Peter Casso, is credited as being a heroine of three Raleigh fires, including the one that destroyed the State House in 1831. Rufus S. Tucker, first president of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce For more information, please write: Raleigh Hall of Fame Or email information@raleighhalloffame.org
or call (919) 787-9617.
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