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 NORTH CAROLINA STATE MEMORIAL 
 
 RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 1918 
 
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 PROPOSED 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA STATE MEMORIAL 
 
 COMMEMORATIVE AND HISTORICAL 
 
 RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA 
 
NORTH CAROLINA STATE MEMORIAL 
 
 RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA 
 COMMEMORATIVE AND HISTORICAL 
 
 To be dedicated by the people of North Carolina to the cause 
 of Liberty. Justice, and Humanity, and to commemorate the sacri- 
 fices, labors, ami ideals of her statesmen, soldiers, and sailors, as 
 well as the united effort of the whole people in the Great War of 
 1917-1918. 
 
 Designed also to house the archives, statuary, paintings, relics, 
 and memorials of distinguished citizens, their deeds of valor and 
 words of wise counsel. 
 
 The structure to be in itself a monument and a memorial, 
 fitted by design and construction to lend itself to adornment with 
 statuary, mural paintings, portraits, relics, and other objects of 
 interest. 
 
 To be constructed of North Carolina granite and fine white 
 marble, fire-proof. The interior consists of a ground or base- 
 ment floor, especially for archives, etc. A main floor, with pro- 
 jecting galleries, octagonal in shape, with a central rotunda 49 
 feet in diameter and 98 feet to the domed ceiling. The first story 
 is 20 feet in height. Above is a second floor 20 feet high with 
 galleries and a balcony in the rotunda. 
 
 The ceiling of the dome to be decorated by a great mural 
 painting of historical significance. 
 
 Designed by Rossel Edward Mitchell and Co., Ltd. 
 
 Architects and Town Planners 
 
 Norfolk, Va. Washington, D. C. 
 

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 DESIGN PROPOSED BY 
 
 RossEL Edward Mitchell and Co.. Ltd. 
 
 ARCHITECTS AND TOWN PLANNERS 
 Norfolk. Virginia, and Washington. D. C. 
 

 
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