{"id":1357,"date":"2013-03-24T10:37:07","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T14:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2018-04-27T15:14:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T19:14:11","slug":"your-face-here-step-into-history-at-the-virginia-dare-ballroom-in-the-sir-walter-raleigh-in-the-heart-of-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighdla\/fayetteville-street\/your-face-here-step-into-history-at-the-virginia-dare-ballroom-in-the-sir-walter-raleigh-in-the-heart-of-downtown","title":{"rendered":"Your Face Here! Step into history at the Virginia Dare Ballroom in the Sir Walter Raleigh in the heart of downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dancers\"<\/a>Picture yourself in this 1930\u2019s scene, waltzing across a ballroom floor, greeting legislators and lobbyists who have ambled here from their customary hotel rooms, winning this hotel the affectionate title of the \u201cThird House of the Legislature.\u201d Where are you?\u00a0 You\u2019re in the Sir Walter Raleigh, which remains to this day downtown Raleigh\u2019s oldest surviving hotel building.<\/p>\n

From its opening in 1924, this setting was Raleigh\u2019s premiere hotel for nearly four decades.\u00a0 Updated in 1938, the 400-room facility became the largest in the state at that time.<\/p>\n

Located at 400 Fayetteville Street, the privately owned building was converted in 1979 to an income based senior apartment community.<\/p>\n

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Rent the ballroom today!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The Sir Walter is still home to the Historic Virginia Dare Ballroom, where it has been host to First Night Raleigh Events for the past decade. \u00a0 The ballroom is available for rent to the public for special events and is located inside the apartment complex.\u00a0 Contact the on-site event coordinator to plan your special event at 919-832-1300.<\/p>\n

Do you want to walk among the echoes of deals being made and where Who\u2019s Who in NC politics slept? \u00a0 Sir Walter Apartments will be holding an event in the ballroom for all DRA members on September 19, 2013 from 5pm – 7pm, when you can do just that..\u00a0 RSVP to Felise Knight at feliseswa@earthlink.net<\/a> or William Lucas at williamswa@earthlink.net<\/a> by July 31, 2013<\/p>\n

Affordable Apartment Living in the heart of downtown Raleigh:\u00a0 For information about the senior living apartment community contact Property Manager- Felise M. Knight (feliseswa@earthlink.net<\/a>) or Assistant Property Manager-William Lucas (williamswa@earthlink.net<\/a>) at 919.832.1300 or go to SirWalterApts.com<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

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