Long View Center, Gothic Revival church building in Moore Square Historic District, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Long View Center is a Gothic Revival church building located in Moore Square Historic District in downtown Raleigh. The facade displays pointed arches, soaring vertical lines, and intricate stonework that characterize its exterior appearance.
The structure was constructed between 1879 and 1881 as Tabernacle Baptist Church and initially served as a place of worship. During the 1918 influenza pandemic, the building was repurposed as a soup kitchen to feed people in need throughout the community.
The building functions as a gathering place where people from the neighborhood come together for worship and community events of different kinds. Its open layout reflects how it has adapted to serve broader social purposes beyond its original religious mission.
The building today operates as a multi-purpose event space open to various religious gatherings and public activities. Visitors can approach it from the surrounding Moore Square park and view the architecture from both street level and inside.
The building sits directly across from Moore Square, one of only two surviving four-acre parks from Raleigh's original 1792 city plan. This spatial relationship to the historic park gives the location a special connection to the city's early development and urban design.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 60,000 contributors worldwide.
