Editing Cary, North Carolina (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Arts facilities and museums===
[[File:Cary, NC, USA - panoramio (2).jpg|thumb|Cary Arts Center]]
Cary's public art collection includes more than forty works displayed in public spaces throughout the town.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public Art |url=https://www.townofcary.org/recreation-enjoyment/arts-culture/public-art-galleries/public-art |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=www.townofcary.org}}</ref> Many of the town's facilities include art gallery spaces with changing exhibits, including the [[Bond Park]] Community Center, the Cary Arts Center, the Cary Senior Center, the Cary Town Hall Gallery, the Herbert C. Young Community Center, and the [[Page-Walker Arts & History Center|Page–Walker Arts & History Center]].<ref name="Venues-2017">{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2017 |title=Venues - The Cary Art Loop |url=https://caryartloop.org/venues-galleries/ |access-date=August 7, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Cary History Museum is located in the Page-Walker Arts and History Center and features a timeline exhibit of local history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel - Cary Heritage Museum |url=https://www.friendsofpagewalker.org/cary_heritage_museum |access-date=January 23, 2022 |website=www.friendsofpagewalker.org}}</ref> The Stevens Nature Center is located at the [[Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve]] and has interactive nature and history exhibits.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve/Stevens Nature Center |url=https://www.visitnc.com/listing/SD6F/hemlock-bluffs-nature-preserve-stevens-nature-center |access-date=January 24, 2022 |website=VisitNC.com |language=en}}</ref> The BIG Pictures Museum Without Walls is the town's traveling outdoor exhibit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museum Without Walls Displays Cary Artworks – CaryCitizen |url=https://carycitizen.news/2020/09/30/museum-without-walls-displays-cary-artworks/ |access-date=August 7, 2022 |website=carycitizen.news}}</ref>

Town-owned performance venues include the Cary Arts Center, [[Koka Booth Amphitheatre]], and Sertoma Amphitheatre at [[Bond Park]].<ref name="Elrod-2011">{{Cite web |last=Elrod |first=Tom |date=August 17, 2011 |title=The grand opening of the Cary Arts Center |url=https://indyweek.com/api/content/c73e9d6a-cc26-597d-82ad-910edab804ad/ |access-date=August 7, 2022 |website=INDY Week |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sertoma Amphitheatre {{!}} Cary, NC 27513 |url=https://www.visitraleigh.com/listing/sertoma-amphitheatre/58272/ |access-date=August 7, 2022 |website=www.visitraleigh.com |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Koka Booth Amphitheatre {{!}} Cary, NC 27518 |url=https://www.visitraleigh.com/listing/koka-booth-amphitheatre/60785/ |access-date=August 7, 2022 |website=www.visitraleigh.com |language=en-us}}</ref> The town also operates a multi-use cultural facility in a renovated movie theater called The Cary Theater.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cary Theater {{!}} Cary, NC 27511 |url=https://www.visitraleigh.com/listing/the-cary-theater/68313/ |access-date=August 7, 2022 |website=www.visitraleigh.com |language=en-us}}</ref>

===Events and festivals===
[[File:North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival by Sergey Galyonkin.jpg|thumb|North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival, 2019]]
The Cary community supports a wide variety of public events throughout the year. An annual tradition since 1959, [[Cary Band Day]] brings high school marching bands from across the southeast to compete in one of the oldest and best-known regional competitions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kairis |first=Ashley |date=October 26, 2021 |title=62nd Annual Cary Band Day this Saturday |url=https://carycitizen.news/2021/10/26/62nd-annual-cary-band-day-this-saturday/ |access-date=January 26, 2022 |website=CaryCitizen.news}}</ref> Cary supports artists with two festivals: Spring Daze Arts & Crafts Festival and Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival.<ref name="Cary Citizen-2010">{{Cite web |title=All About Lazy Daze |url=http://www.carycitizen.com/2010/08/17/all-about-lazy-daze/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823230445/http://www.carycitizen.com/2010/08/17/all-about-lazy-daze/ |archive-date=August 23, 2010 |publisher=Cary Citizen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Spring Daze and Earth Day Celebration |url=https://www.caryliving.com/new-events/2022/4/30/spring-daze-arts-amp-crafts-festival |access-date=August 7, 2022 |website=Cary Living |language=en-US}}</ref> For the latter, the town closes the main downtown roads for two days, a tradition since 1976.<ref name="Cary Citizen-2010" />

Numerous multicultural events showcase the diversity of Cary. The annual [[Diwali]] Celebration, the Indian Festival of Light, features an exhibition of Indian art and culture with music, dance, handicrafts, and food.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fredin |first=Jonathan |date=October 23, 2013 |title=Cary Diwali, in Photos {{!}} Cary Magazine |url=https://www.carymagazine.com/features/cary-diwali-in-photos/ |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=Cary Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Presented by Asian Focus and the town, the [[Greater Triangle Area Dragon Boat Festival]] includes displays, food, performances, and [[dragon boat]] races between club and community teams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fredin |first=Jonathan |date=September 22, 2015 |title=Dragon Boat Festival |url=https://www.carymagazine.com/features/photo-gallery-dragon-boat-festival/ |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=Cary Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Founded in 2004, the Ritmo Latino Festival showcases music, art, dance, and food from the [[Hispanic]] world.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 10, 2019 |title=Ritmo Latino Festival in Cary |url=https://triangleonthecheap.com/ritmo-latino-festival-cary/ |access-date=January 26, 2022 |website=Triangle on the Cheap |language=en-US}}</ref> One of the newest annual events in Cary, the [[North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival]] is quickly becoming a town favorite with its illuminating nighttime celebration of the [[Chinese New Year]] with more than 2,500 handcrafted silk lanterns.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daw |first=Dena |date=November 29, 2021 |title=NC Chinese Lantern Festival Returns to Cary |url=https://www.carymagazine.com/features/nc-chinese-lantern-festival-returns-to-cary/ |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=Cary Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 24, 2021 |title=N.C. Chinese Lantern Festival |pages=A8 |work=The News and Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96794302/nc-chinese-lantern-festival/ |access-date=March 2, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

===Architecture===
The oldest structures in Cary, the {{circa|1803}} [[Nancy Jones House]] and the {{circa|1820}} [[Utley-Council House|Utley–Council House]] are both examples of regional [[Federal architecture]].<ref name="Bishir-2003" /> The {{circa|1868}} [[Page-Walker Hotel|Page–Walker Hotel]] was built in [[Empire style]]; the former hotel is now open to the public as a museum.<ref name="Bishir-2003" /><ref name="Molloy-2000" /><ref name="Preservation-2022">{{Cite web |title=Page-Walker Hotel {{!}} Capital Area Preservation {{!}} |url=http://capitalareapreservation.com/th_gallery/page-walker-hotel/ |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=capitalareapreservation.com}}</ref><ref name="Holland-1994" />

The [[Cary Historic District]] is located two blocks south of downtown and includes a variety of 19th and 20th-century structures of note.<ref name="Molloy-2000" /> Architectural styles that were popular in the 19th century are represented by the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic revival]] [[Ivey-Ellington House|Ivey–Ellington House]] built {{Circa|1870}}, the simple Victorian style of the Marcus Baxter Dry House built {{Circa|1900}}, and the [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne style]] of the Sam–Jones cottage built {{Circa|1902}} and the Captain Harrison P. Guess House (aka the Guess–White–Ogle House) built in 1830 and 1900.<ref name="Bishir-2003" /><ref name="Molloy-2000" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wagner |first=Heather M. |date=June 15, 2007 |title=National Register of Historic Places Ivey-Ellington House |url=https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WA0892.pdf |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Papich |first=Michael |date=February 4, 2020 |title=Chef Michael Chuong's New Restaurant Takes Over a Historic Cary Cottage |url=https://indyweek.com/api/content/4e720dde-4798-11ea-a56d-1244d5f7c7c6/ |access-date=August 7, 2022 |website=INDY Week |language=en-us}}</ref> Other structures in the Cary Historic District represent early 20th-century architectural styles such as the [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]] style  {{Circa|1940}} Henry Adams House, the [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]] style {{Circa|1935}} Dr. Frank W. House, and the brick [[Bungalow|bungalow style]] {{Circa|1925}} Dr. John Pullen Hunter House.<ref name="Molloy-2000" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. John Pullen Hunter House {{!}} Capital Area Preservation {{!}} |url=http://capitalareapreservation.com/th_gallery/dr-john-pullen-hunter-house/ |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=capitalareapreservation.com}}</ref> The district also includes the former [[Cary High School]] which is a substantial [[Neoclassical architecture|Neo Classical]] structure that was designed and built in 1939 by the [[Works Progress Administration]], and the related Pasmore House, dating from {{Circa|1900}}, which was a boarding house for the former high school.<ref name="Bishir-2003" /><ref name="Molloy-2000" /> The former school is open to the public as the [[Cary Arts Center]].<ref name="Elrod-2011" />
[[File:Carpenter Historic District - Carpenter Farm Supply Wake Co NC DSCN1110.jpg|thumb|Carpenter Farm Supply Company]]
Located in western Cary, the {{Convert|210|acre|ha|abbr=on}} [[Carpenter Historic District (Raleigh, North Carolina)|Carpenter Historic District]] is a former rural crossroads that features [[Victorian architecture|late Victorian]] and [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]] buildings, dating from 1895 to 1933.<ref name="Molloy-1999">Kelly Lally Molloy and M. Ruth Little (December 1999). "[https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WA0787.pdf Carpenter Historic District]" (pdf). ''National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory''. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 27, 2022</ref> The primary structure in the district is the {{circa|1895/1916}} brick Carpenter Farm Supply Company which has been described as "the most substantial early twentieth-century store building in rural Wake County".<ref name="Molloy-1999" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Carpenter Farm Supply Company Complex {{!}} Capital Area Preservation {{!}} |url=http://capitalareapreservation.com/th_gallery/carpenter-farm-supply-company-complex/ |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=capitalareapreservation.com}}</ref> Other contributing buildings to the historic district include houses, an assemblage of farming structures, and other commercial structures.<ref name="Molloy-1999" /> The most prominent house is the William Henry Carpenter Boarding House which features a simple Victorian porch and gable ornamentation and was used as a residence for railroad workers.<ref name="Molloy-1999" />
Cary's [[Green Level, Wake County, North Carolina|Green Level Historic District]] is located in western Cary, just east of the [[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]] line in the [[White Oak, North Carolina|White Oak township]].<ref name="Molloy-2000a">Kelly Lally Molloy and M. Ruth Little (June 2000). "[https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WA1006.pdf Green Level Historic District]" (pdf). ''National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory''. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 28, 2022</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Green Level Historic District |url=http://landmarkhunter.com/185623-green-level-historic-district |access-date=August 7, 2022 |website=LandmarkHunter.com}}</ref> Its {{Convert|75|acre|ha|abbr=on}} includes a late 19th to early 20th-century crossroads centered around the intersection of Green Level Church Road and Green Level West Road and a railroad spur.<ref name="Molloy-2000a" /> Most historic structures in the district are along Green Level Church Road, including community buildings, farms, houses, and stores.<ref name="Molloy-2000a" /> The 1907 Green Level Baptist Church is one of the best examples of rural church architecture in [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]].<ref name="Molloy-2000a" /> This [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] church was the "visual and social focal point of the community".<ref name="Molloy-2000a" /> The A.M. and Vallaria Council Farm is a good example of a late 19th-century tobacco farm, with its related tobacco barns and other secondary buildings dating to the 1900s through the 1930s.<ref name="Molloy-2000a" /> The {{Circa|1916}}  Alious H. and Daisey Mills farmhouse is the largest building in the historic district and features a hip roof and slender [[Doric columns]] on its porch.<ref name="Molloy-2000a" /> It is located across the road and east of the church, on property that includes other historic houses, including a store and farm buildings ranging from a potato shed to a well-house.<ref name="Molloy-2000a" /> The two-story Alious Mills Store was built around 1916 and expanded in the 1930s.<ref name="Molloy-2000a" /> The one-story Vick and Mattie Council House was built in the 19th century and featured Victorian detailing, such as patterned shingles and decorative vents.<ref name="Molloy-2000a" /> The one-story Kenneth and Reba Mills House is an example of a 1930s [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]].<ref name="Molloy-2000a" />

[[File:Tirupati in USA.jpg|thumb|[[Sri Venkateswara Temple of North Carolina|Sri Venkateswara Temple]]]]
[[SAS Institute]] has led the way in bringing modern high-rise architecture to Cary but has placed its 25 buildings in a {{Convert|900|acre|ha|abbr=on}} parklike setting away from the historic core of town.<ref name="Cain-2017">{{Cite web |last=Cain |first=Áine |date=October 21, 2017 |title=This $3.2 billion tech company you've never heard of has insane perks, including massage therapists, a pool, and woodside yoga |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/sas-office-tour-2017-10 |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="SAS-2022">{{Cite web |title=SAS Institute, Inc. Buildings A and Q - Newcomb & Boyd |url=https://www.newcomb-boyd.com/project/sas-institute-buildings/ |access-date=April 4, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SAS Campus Map |url=https://www.sas.com/content/dam/SAS/documents/legal-employee-services/employee-services/sas-hq/cary-campus-map.pdf |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=SAS.com}}</ref> SAS's Building A is ten-stories tall with 990 offices and several two-story atriums.<ref name="SAS-2022" /> One writer notes, "The design of its headquarters reflects both its status as a tech giant and its original academic routes."<ref name="Cain-2017" /> For example, eight solar installations power part of the SAS campus.<ref name="Cain-2017" /> Building Q is a six-story {{Convert|22,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} [[Leed Gold|LEED Gold certified]] office building that is not only sustainable with features such as a green roof, but is also "light-filled, comfortable, and functional" according to LS3P architects.<ref name="LS3P-2022">{{Cite web |title=SAS Building Q & A |url=https://www.ls3p.com/portfolio/sas-building-q/ |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=LS3P |date=July 2, 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="SAS-2022" /> Building Q also has artwork on every floor; the SAS art collection includes some 4,600 works.<ref name="Cain-2017" /><ref name="LS3P-2022" />

Cary is also home to the [[Sri Venkateswara Temple of North Carolina|Sri Venkateswara Temple]] which has an {{Convert|87|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall [[Rajagopuram]], or monumental entrance tower, making it the tallest structure of its kind in the United States.<ref name="Talhelm-2021">{{Cite web |last=Talhelm |first=Matt |date=October 8, 2021 |title=Seven-story tower to complete Hindu temple in Cary |url=https://www.wral.com/seven-story-tower-to-complete-hindu-temple-in-cary/19916222/ |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=WRAL.com |language=en}}</ref> This [[Hinduism|Hindu]] temple is modeled after the famous [[Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala|Sri Venkateswara Temple]] in [[Tirupati|Tirupathi]] in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shimron |first=Yonat |date=April 30, 2009 |title=A Hindu Temple in Cary |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/hindu-temple-cary |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=NCpedia}}</ref>