These photos certainly capture old Raleigh. Take a moment to appreciate the leafy grand entrance and oak filled lawn that graced the Hogg Dorch house in central Raleigh. The graceful old home sat on the block bounded by Wilmington, Lane, Blount and Jones Streets. If that location sounds familiar to you, it should. That is the location of the NC Archives building. source The home was built in 1850 by Dr. Thomsas Devereux Hogg. It originally filled the whole block.  The Union army may have housed officers here during the war while the troops camped on the grounds. Descendants of the Hogg family lived here until Dr. Hogg's grandaughter, Sally, passed in 1951. In 1962 the grounds were razed when construction began for the Archives and History building. Read more of the story at Olde Raleigh's Facebook page . source source Hogg-Dortch home and grounds encompassed the full square now occupiec by the State Archives, Freedom Park and the  State Records Center. See...