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The Development of Modern Architecture in Raleigh 1945-1965 47Appendix: Biographies of Architects who worked in Raleigh 1945-1965Valand, Leif(Information drawn from interview with Mark Valand, son of Leif and an architecthimself, June 22, 2006.)Leif Valand was born in Norway and came to Jersey City with his family as a boy.Attended Pratt Institute in New York City. Moved to Raleigh to work with Willie Yorkon Cameron Village in 1946. Worked in Raleigh as Leif Valand and Assoc. until hisretirement in the 1970s. In the late 1960s Valand took Nelson Benzing as his partner. Allof Valand’s blueprints were lost by his former partner after his retirement. Valand’s firmpromoted a “modern yet practical architectural expression” in dozens of significantRaleigh projects, including shopping centers, schools, churches, hotels, country clubs,apartments, office buildings, government buildings, and custom single-family homes.Unlike such purist architects as Milton Small, Valand’s firm evolved into a “developerdrivenservice firm,” in the words of his son Mark Valand. While Valand preferred todesign in a modern idiom, he sometimes worked in other styles, such as the ColonialRevival style, for particular clients.Buildings:Cameron Village Office BuildingsCameron Village Apartments (St. Mary’s, Smallwood, Nichols, Daniels)Ira Green House, 1715 Piccadilly Ln.Banks Kerr House, Smedes PlaceEnloe High SchoolNorthridge Country Club (demolished)North Hills Shopping Center (demolished)St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Canterbury Rd. Sanctuary 1950s, Fellowship Hall 1970sTerry Sanford Federal Building, New Bern Ave. 1968State Administration Building, W. Jones and McDowell sts.Raleigh Woman’s Club. Late 1960sKidd Brewer House, above Crabtree Valley Shopping Center (demolished)Ballantine’s Cafeteria Building, Cameron VillagePoyner House, Smedes PlaceYMCA, Hillsborough St. (partially demolished)Velvet Cloak Inn, Hillsborough St.Peden Steel Office Building, 1815 Capital BoulevardJ. W. Willie York House, 1904 Craig St. 1946F. Carter WilliamsObituary in The News and Observer, April 25, 2000. A native of North Carolina,Williams earned a degree in architectural engineering at N. C. State College in 1935. Heearned an architecture degree at the University of Illinois in 1939. From 1939 to 1941 he