Pullen Park

Pullen Park is a 66.4-acre public park immediately west of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. It is located on Ashe Avenue and is adjacent to the Main and Centennial campuses of North Carolina State University, covering an area between Western Boulevard and historic Hillsborough Street.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pullen Park Carousel and Pullen Memorial Baptist Church.

Pullen Park Carousel

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The Pullen Park Carousel is a classic wood carousel at Pullen Park in Raleigh, North Carolina. Built in 1900, the carousel contains 52 hand-carved basswood animals, 2 chariots, 18 large gilded mirrors and canvas panels and a Wurlitzer #125 band organ made in 1924 by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of North Tonawanda, New York.

Pullen Memorial Baptist Church

Church

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Pullen Memorial Baptist Church is a progressive Baptist church located in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, right beside North Carolina State University. Pullen, called "a fiercely independent Baptist church" whose traditions have "earned it a reputation far and…

Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral

Church

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Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral that is the seat of the Diocese of Raleigh in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States. It replaced Sacred Heart Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Isabelle Bowen Henderson House and Gardens and Boylan Heights.

Isabelle Bowen Henderson House and Gardens

Neighborhood

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Isabelle Bowen Henderson House and Gardens is a historic home and garden located at Oberlin Village in Raleigh, North Carolina. The main house is a modest 19th century turreted late Victorian period frame cottage, with a Colonial Revival style studio wing and kitchen and dining porch added in 1937.

Boylan Heights

Neighborhood

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Boylan Heights is one of eight historic neighborhoods surrounding downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Developed in the early 20th century it was one of the earliest planned suburbs in the city.

Raleigh

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The capital of North Carolina and the largest city of the Research Triangle, Raleigh is the primary political and economic driver of the metro area. Indeed, business and politics are the main draws to Raleigh, which lacks the more trendy feel or active arts scene of Durham or Chapel Hill to the west.

Pullen Park

Type: Park
Description: park in North Carolina, United States of America, United States of America
Category: recreation area
Location: Wake, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.78226° or 35° 46′ 56″ north

Longitude

-78.66345° or 78° 39′ 48″ west

Elevation

354 feet (108 metres)

Open location code

8773Q8JP+WJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 583703197

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4486717

Wikidata ID

Q7259431

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Norwegian Bokmål—“Pullen Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Pullen Park”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Pullen Park”
Norwegian: “Pullen Park”

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Localities in the Area

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