Raleigh’s Warehouse District is a kind of crossroads, literally and figuratively. One of downtown’s popular entertainment districts, Raleigh’s Warehouse District blankets five-plus blocks where industrial and commercial commerce, artistic exploration, diverse dining and nightlife converge.
Situated just south of the Glenwood South District and west of the Fayetteville Street District, this area is also referred to as the Depot Historic District and is noted on the National Register of Historic Places. For nearly 100 years until the 1950s, this part of town served as Raleigh’s railroad and warehouse distribution hub. Today, while the Norfolk Southern Railway lines still run through the district and Raleigh’s Amtrak Rail Station resides in the southernmost part of the area’s footprint, this now often-described “urban hip” locale, still riddled with immense, historic red brick warehouses, radiates an artistic vibe as evidenced by its growing number of creative design studios, art galleries and the highly anticipated, soon-to-open Contemporary Art Museum.
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