1.
Approximately
how many houses comprise Historic Boylan Heights?
2.
How
many streets are there in Historic Boylan Heights?
3.
How
many entrances does Historic Boylan Heights have?
4.
What
is the posted speed limit in Historic Boylan Heights?
5.
What
are the 3 base schools of Boylan Heights?
6.
What
is the name of the only park in Historic Boylan Heights?
7.
What
neighborhood landmark is the site of celebration each Halloween?
8.
How
many alleyways are there in Historic Boylan Heights?
9.
What two state
institutions border Historic Boylan Heights?
10.
What is the
architectural style most commonly found in Boylan Heights?
11.
What is the most
common tree lining the right-of ways in Historic Boylan Heights?
12.
What Boylan
Heights resident is chair of the Wake County School Board?
13.
What Boylan
Heights resident is mayor of Raleigh?
14.
What Boylan
Heights resident is a representative to the N.C. House?
15.
What is the name
of the only street in Boylan Heights with no residences?
16.
What is the
differentiating factor about the layout of the streets in Historic Boylan Heights?
ANSWERS
- Current Trivia
1.
267
2.
12
3.
7
( W. Cabarrus, W. Lenoir, Dorothea Drive, 2- S. Boylan, Kinsey, Dupont Circle)
4.
25
mph
5.
Wiley
Elementary, Daniels Middle School, Broughton High School
6.
Dupont Circle Park (Home of The Big Boylan Bash)
7.
The
Boylan Bridge
8.
13
9.
Dorothea Dix
Hospital and Central Prison
10.
Bungalow -
Craftsman
11.
Crepe Myrtle
12.
Susan Parry
13.
Charles Meeker
14.
Deborah Ross
15.
Stokes Street.
There are no homes in Boylan Heights with a Stokes Street address.
16.
The curvilinear
streets
HOW
WELL DO YOU KNOW BOYLAN HEIGHTS?
Boylan
Heights Trivia Quiz
Historic
Trivia
1.
In
what year was Boylan Heights established?
2.
In
what year did Boylan Heights become an historic district?
3.
What
was the name of the park where Project Enlightenment now stands?
4.
How
many mayors of Raleigh has Boylan Heights produced?
5.
What
is the name of the mansion in Historic Boylan Heights which was the first house
in Boylan Heights?
6.
What
Raleigh rock band produced an album in 1987 entitled Boylan Heights?
7.
Who
is Boylan Heights named after?
8.
In
what year was Montfort Hall completed?
9.
Who
built and lived in Montfort Hall?
10.
Who lived in
Boylan Heights at 425 S. Boylan, had a construction business and built Wiley School, Memorial Auditorium, the
Bell Tower at NC State and the Sir Walter Hotel?
11.
What was the
informal name of the dwelling at 422 Cutler Street (corner of Cutler and
Cabarrus) that served as a residence and meeting place for many in the 1960’s?
12.
What Boylan
Heights home was one of the first two homes in Raleigh to have indoor plumbing?
13.
What nearby
Raleigh landmark was owned the longest by the Boylan family and the sight of a
session of the General Assembly in 1781?
14.
What house
served as the servants quarters for the Boylan Mansion ?
15.
Where was the
dairy located in Boylan Heights ?
16.
Where is the
shortest State Highway ever in North Carolina located and for the prize, what
was it's then number. It has been renamed because some
thought it cruel to take people down this un-lucky numbered highway to prison.
Hint: Remember that the entrance to Central Prison was not Western Blvd at that
time
17.
What house in
the neighborhood was built in 1900 on Hillsborough Street and then moved to it’s
present site in
1903/04, making it the second house in Historic Boylan Heights?
18.
What was the
name of the neighborhood newsletter in the 70’s?
19.
In what year was
the Boylan Heights bridge built?
20.
In what year was
the Boylan Heights bridge closed down?
21.
What
agricultural product was first planted by William S. Boylan in Wake County?
ANSWERS
- Historic Trivia
1.
1907
2.
1984
3.
Boylan
Springs Park
4.
1
(Charles Meeker) Smedes York’s father’s family lived
at 425 S. Boylan but moved to Hayes Barton in 1923
5.
Montfort Hall
6.
The Connells
7.
William
S. Boylan (A publisher from New Jersey who moved from Fayetteville in 1799. He
printed a newspaper called the Minerva, one of 2 N.C. rival newspapers. He was
a state legislator, a chairman of Wake County Court, and founder of Wake
County’s first almshouse. He was also president of the state bank and of the
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad.)
8.
1860
9.
William Montfort Boylan, son of William S. Boylan
10.
Charles Vance
(C.V.) York
11.
Hotel Nicaragua
12.
Montfort
Hall
13.
The Joel Lane
House
14.
It's the small
house on Cutler St, second down from Mountfort and
has a tin roof.
15.
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16.
It was Highway
#13, now named Mountford Ave and for many the last
highway they road on their way to Central Prison.
17.
805 W. South -
currently occupied by Kay and Kris Troost
