GradyWhite190

Yes. CP&L owned the Glenwood Ave streetcar line and built Bloomsbury Park (now Carolina Country Club), which was known as the "Light Park" because it contained 8,000 light bulbs. It was the northern terminus of the streetcar line at the time the park opened in 1912. This was also the original home of the Pullen Park Carousel. http://www.cmhpf.org/development%20of%20streetcar%20systems.htm http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/raleigh/pul.htm Does anyone have any more information specifically about this "Old Hillsboro Road" between Oberlin Rd and St Marys Street?

I think Oberlin and St. Marys were connected just south of Fairview (near Stone St) at one time to form the main northwest route out of Raleigh. Look on Google Maps at how Mcdonald Lane goes straight off of Oberlin and almost merges into St. Marys. This is supported by this 1914 map: http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/interactive/MC_099_1914b.html Look at this map from 1935. It shows an old right-of-way labeled "Old Hillsboro Road" paralleling St. Marys behind those houses which lines up perfectly with Oberlin to the north and St Marys to the south. The northern piece of this old alignment is modern day Mcdonald St. This right-of-way can be seen as late as 1956: http://southwindssolutions.com/Old_Hillsboro_Road_1956.png On the 1914 map, it appears that modern day Glenwood dead-ended right into the Carolina Country Club Clubhouse, which explains the rather abrupt westerly turn Glenwood makes at the CCC entrance to go down the hill to Oberlin. Does anyone have any more information about this?