Polk Youth Center

History Notes

Last updated: March 25, 2020

Introduction

This page presents historical information about Polk Youth Center in Raleigh, NC.

Photos

See Flickr album of Legeros photos circa 2003 and historic aerial imagery from USDA and Wake County.

Circa 1983 via Olde Raleigh Twitter posting

Circa 1918, courtesy North Carolina State Archives, WWI.99.F1.10. See Flickr album for more.

Clippings

See this Google Drive folder.

Links

• Camp Polk history by Fred A. Olds, 1919
• David Simonton at Polk Youth Center, Raleigh
• Meredith Land History
• Polk Youth Center Graffiti photo, undated via Flickr
• Polk Youth Center Guard Tower photo, undated via Flickr
• Remembering the Polk Youth Center Rebellion of 1993
• Tour the Old Polk Youth Institution

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