Earle Sumner Draper laid out the Hayes Barton Historic District northwest of downtown Raleigh. This upper-class neighborhood was laid out by landscape architect Earle Sumner Draper and contains 457 buildings across 1,750 acres (7.1 km2). The design here favors roads fitted to the contours of the land and several public parks punctuate the blocks, giving you a sense of planned, park-like living.
The district is roughly bounded by St. Mary's St., Fairview Rd., W. Roanoke Park Dr. (renamed in 2020, formerly Aycock St.), Scales St. and Williamson Dr. In 2002 the neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and its name comes from Hayes Barton, the English farmhouse where Sir Walter Raleigh was born. As you look, note neighborhood landmarks: Hayes Barton Baptist Church, Hayes Barton United Methodist Church, the Jolly-Broughton House and the Josephus Daniels House. Prominent residents have included Alice Willson Broughton, First Lady of North Carolina; J. Melville Broughton, Governor of North Carolina and U.S. Senator; Margaret Currin, U.S. District Attorney; Sam Currin, U.S. District Attorney and judge; S. Thomas Currin II, judge; Addie Worth Bagley Daniels, suffragist and writer; and Josephus Daniels.
Curving streets and pocket parks stretch ahead, defining your walk through this neighborhood.