The historic dormitory. (2007)

Photo by D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club
courtesy of Preservation North Carolina

This Chateauesque style building was designed by Frank P. Milburn and stands on Caswell Square, one of the five public squares in the city's original 1792 plan. The dormitory comprises a hip-roofed main block with parapeted gable projections and engaged towers. Only this building remains of the first state-supported School for the Blind and Deaf in North Carolina. It is now used by the state for offices.