Photo by Goodnight Raleigh

2010 Metro Magazine article on Blue Haven.

FRED CARTER WILLIAMS, FAIA
(1913-2000)

Over a 40-year span, Carter Williams' firm gave shape to more than 600 projects throughout the state, including the NC Archives Library in Raleigh, buildings at East Carolina University, the renovation of the Governor's Mansion, and Raleigh's City Hall Complex. From 1939 to 1941 he was an assistant professor at the NCSU School of Design. 

In 1954, the School of Design's "Matsumoto Wing" of Brooks Hall, home of the NCSU School of Design, was designed by George Matsumoto with Carter Williams as the "Architect of Record."  Partner Macon Smith was heavily involved in this project along with Carter's brother Turner Williams.

Carter Williams designed the firm's office at 2806 Hillsborough Street, left, built in 1962 in the International Style. 

Each year the AIANC awards the F. Carter Williams Gold Medal, their highest honor, to an individual in recognition of a distinguished career or extraordinary accomplishments as an architect.   

1941 - Williams designed this house for himself at 809 Gardner Avenue, Raleigh.  Sold to Joe and Mildred Elliott in 1959.  Sold to Johnny Randolph Johnson in 1975.  Sold in 1977 to James and Vella Clark who still own it as of 2011.  Williams' partner Macon Smith lived in the basement for 18 months in the 1940's. Photos by Leilani Carter.

1950 - The Robert Mayne Albright and Frances Albright Residence, 3078 Granville Drive, Raleigh.  Albright was a student body president at UNC and candidate for North Carolina Governor in 1948.  For years he was the attorney for the AIANC for which he was granted honorary membership in the national AIA.  He sold the house in 1991 to trustee James Seay who sold it to William and Larose Spooner the same day.  Later that day, they sold it to John Edgar Weems.  Weems sold it in 1997 to Walter G. Davis, the owner as of 2011.  Drawing by Macon Smith. Photo by Leilani Carter.

1951 - The W. Carey Parker and Evelyn Parker House, 2106 Banbury, Raleigh.  Turner Williams was the primary architect and Macon Smith did the checking (see plan).  Sold in May 2006 to Stephen Kicklighter and William Madison.  Originally 2400 square feet.  Subsequent renovations by architect Perry Cox.  Winner of the 2007 Sir Walter Raleigh Preservation award.   Renovations include a gourmet kitchen, granite and travertine counters, a new rose garden and heated salt water pool, and of course more square footage.  The house is now 4310 square feet.  Bought in 2008 by Rebecca B. Bell and Jesse Lipson.  Photos by James West.

1952 - The H. B. and Katie Dickson House, 2906 Grant Avenue, Raleigh.  Not a Modernist house.  Commissioned 1948.  B/W photos from their daughter, Beverly Dail Luciani.  Sold in 1993 to J. Herbert Joyner.  Sold in 1993 to James A. Campbell and Donald W. Langdon.  Sold in 1994 to Joseph S. Arrowood.  Sold in 1994 to Shawn M. Rayburn.  Sold in 1999 to David and Dargan Mould.

1952 - The Martin and Catherine Green Residence, 1724 Picadilly Lane, Raleigh.  Commissioned 1950.  Sold in 1995 to her son and his wife, Martin Green Jr. and Karin B. Green.

1952 - The Guy C. Branaman House, 915 Williamson Drive, Raleigh.  Outside, not a Modernist design but has some interior features.  Sold in 1999 to David Johnson, Jr.

1955 - The Elmo and Alice Williams Residence, 714 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh.  Bought in 1967 by architect Gilbert Slack, the owner as of 2011.  Slack worked for Terry Waugh and Leif Valand before starting his own practice in 1968.  Top photo by Leilani Carter.  Other photos by George Smart.

1955 - The Barrie S. and Judith R. Davis House, 506 North Wakefield Street, Zebulon.  Sold in 1977 to Herman And Phyllis Hammock.  Sold in 1980 to Rickey and Sheryl Rogers.  Sold two weeks later to Sheryl E. Davis.  Sold in 2000 to Robert J. Golder.  Sold in 2001 to Elizabeth Price and Amy Thompson.  Sold in 2007 to Terry and Lavon Barrett.  Photos by Terry Barrett.

1955 - The George Vallas Residence, 5008 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh.  The Vallas family ran National Art Interiors on Glenwood Avenue for decades. The original built-in cabinets and drawers (example above) are in exceptional condition.  The Vallas' invested well, buying dozens of surrounding acres north of Crabtree Valley, an area that would become valuable in the 1970's.  Their generous gift of land established the Greek Orthodox Church next door.  According to Macon Smith, an architect who worked on this house, Alvis George did most of the design.  Still owned by the Vallas family.  Photos by George Smart.

1959 - The Carter Williams House, aka Blue Haven, 6612 Rest Haven Drive, Raleigh.  Sold to Samuel and Lynne Harris.  Sold in 2005 to third owner Jill Maurer.  The home was named for its distinctive Carolina blue stone.  Dick Bell was the landscape architect.  B/W photos by Lewis Watson.  Color photos by Jill Maurer.  Was on the market during the summer of 2011.

1960 - The Elma Johnson Arndt House, 1428 Canterbury Road, Raleigh.  Sold in 1988 to Henry and Joy Hartzog.  4163 square feet.  The kitchen and garage was extensively renovated in 2000 by Karl Gaskins.  Sold in 2010 to Cynthia Ball and Dave Aspnes.  2011 restoration by architect Russ Stephenson and builder The Splinter Group.

1960 - The L. Dow and Rhea Pender Jr. House, 6616 Rest Haven, Raleigh.   Sold in 1962 to John S. Rhodes.  Secluded on 6.1 acres.  Sold in 1979 to his son John Flint Rhodes and wife Ruth, owners as of 2011.  There was a fire in 1995 in the bedroom wing.  Architect Karl Gaskins designed the subsequent restoration as well as a kitchen renovation.  On the market in 2010.  Photos by George Smart.

1968 - The William and Mary Oviatt Residence, 511 Lakestone Drive, Raleigh.  Addition designed by Macon Smith. Sold to Karl G. and Donna G. Hudson in 1986. As of 2011 owned by Donna Crowder.

Other Raleigh houses (probably not Modernist) include:  

Hirschberg-Cate, Kinney (1949, Green (1950), Poteat (1951), Brafford (1952), Bolus, Hudson (1956),  Jones (1964) 

No photos.  Do you have any?

Sources include:  Jill Maurer, Peter Rumsey, partner Macon Smith, Perry Cox, AIANC, Ruth Rhodes, Dick Rice, and daughter Carol Williams Bilbro, who lives in a Milton Small house.