Leif Valand was born in Norway and came to Jersey City, NJ as a boy. He attended the Pratt Institute in New York City then practiced architecture in Scarsdale NY. He moved to Raleigh in the late 1940's to design the Cameron Village Shopping Center for developers J. Willie York and R. A. Bryan. The vision was massive, even by today's standards, comprising 65 stores, 112 offices, 566 apartment units, and 100 private homes.
During his heyday, he was one of the most prolific architects in Raleigh. With just a few employees, his extensive contacts with Raleigh's business and real estate elite gained incredible commissions. Cameron Village Shopping Center was just the beginning. Later came Cameron Village Office Buildings, Cameron Village Apartments (St. Mary's, Smallwood, Nichols, Daniels), Enloe High School, The Federal Building on New Bern Avenue, North Ridge Country Club, North Hills Shopping Center, the Central Raleigh YMCA, the Velvet Cloak Hotel, the State Administration Building, the Raleigh Women's Club, and St. Michael's Episcopal Church. In 1969, Valand took on a partner, Nelson Benzing. Eventually, Valand became ill and retired. Due to this and a bad economy, Benzing closed the firm. Few of his records remain. According to Benzing, Valand's blueprints were lost by his executors. His executors emphatically deny this erroneous claim. They report that it was Benzing who failed to file, organize and keep the blueprints thus making the critical effort to save part of Raleigh's history for future study.
Valand and his wife Wymene and three sons lived in a 1952 house at 706 Woodburn Road, Raleigh, designed by Charles Davis of Cooper Haskins. Valand would later adapt the one-level house for his wheelchair.
Parents:
Bendik Larsen Valand, teacher, born 1879 in Konsmo.
Anne Sofie Gunvaldsdatter Ruenes, born 1881 in Birkenes.
Parents married Mar. 25, 1911.
Leif & Bergliot twins.
Family of four emigrated in 1917.
During his heyday, he was one of the most prolific architects in Raleigh. With just a few employees, his extensive contacts with Raleigh's business and real estate elite gained incredible commissions. Cameron Village Shopping Center was just the beginning. Later came Cameron Village Office Buildings, Cameron Village Apartments (St. Mary's, Smallwood, Nichols, Daniels), Enloe High School, The Federal Building on New Bern Avenue, North Ridge Country Club, North Hills Shopping Center, the Central Raleigh YMCA, the Velvet Cloak Hotel, the State Administration Building, the Raleigh Women's Club, and St. Michael's Episcopal Church. In 1969, Valand took on a partner, Nelson Benzing. Eventually, Valand became ill and retired. Due to this and a bad economy, Benzing closed the firm. Few of his records remain. According to Benzing, Valand's blueprints were lost by his executors. His executors emphatically deny this erroneous claim. They report that it was Benzing who failed to file, organize and keep the blueprints thus making the critical effort to save part of Raleigh's history for future study.
Valand and his wife Wymene and three sons lived in a 1952 house at 706 Woodburn Road, Raleigh, designed by Charles Davis of Cooper Haskins. Valand would later adapt the one-level house for his wheelchair.
Parents:
Bendik Larsen Valand, teacher, born 1879 in Konsmo.
Anne Sofie Gunvaldsdatter Ruenes, born 1881 in Birkenes.
Parents married Mar. 25, 1911.
Leif & Bergliot twins.
Family of four emigrated in 1917.
Leif Valand was born in Norway and came to Jersey City, NJ as a boy. He attended the Pratt Institute in New York City then practiced architecture in Scarsdale NY. He moved to Raleigh in the late 1940's to design the Cameron Village Shopping Center for developers J. Willie York and R. A. Bryan. The vision was massive, even by today's standards, comprising 65 stores, 112 offices, 566 apartment units, and 100 private homes.
During his heyday, he was one of the most prolific architects in Raleigh. With just a few employees, his extensive contacts with Raleigh's business and real estate elite gained incredible commissions. Cameron Village Shopping Center was just the beginning. Later came Cameron Village Office Buildings, Cameron Village Apartments (St. Mary's, Smallwood, Nichols, Daniels), Enloe High School, The Federal Building on New Bern Avenue, North Ridge Country Club, North Hills Shopping Center, the Central Raleigh YMCA, the Velvet Cloak Hotel, the State Administration Building, the Raleigh Women's Club, and St. Michael's Episcopal Church. In 1969, Valand took on a partner, Nelson Benzing. Eventually, Valand became ill and retired. Due to this and a bad economy, Benzing closed the firm. Few of his records remain. According to Benzing, Valand's blueprints were lost by his executors. His executors emphatically deny this erroneous claim. They report that it was Benzing who failed to file, organize and keep the blueprints thus making the critical effort to save part of Raleigh's history for future study.
Valand and his wife Wymene and three sons lived in a 1952 house at 706 Woodburn Road, Raleigh, designed by Charles Davis of Cooper Haskins. Valand would later adapt the one-level house for his wheelchair.
Parents:
Bendik Larsen Valand, teacher, born 1879 in Konsmo.
Anne Sofie Gunvaldsdatter Ruenes, born 1881 in Birkenes.
Parents married Mar. 25, 1911.
Leif & Bergliot twins.
Family of four emigrated in 1917.
During his heyday, he was one of the most prolific architects in Raleigh. With just a few employees, his extensive contacts with Raleigh's business and real estate elite gained incredible commissions. Cameron Village Shopping Center was just the beginning. Later came Cameron Village Office Buildings, Cameron Village Apartments (St. Mary's, Smallwood, Nichols, Daniels), Enloe High School, The Federal Building on New Bern Avenue, North Ridge Country Club, North Hills Shopping Center, the Central Raleigh YMCA, the Velvet Cloak Hotel, the State Administration Building, the Raleigh Women's Club, and St. Michael's Episcopal Church. In 1969, Valand took on a partner, Nelson Benzing. Eventually, Valand became ill and retired. Due to this and a bad economy, Benzing closed the firm. Few of his records remain. According to Benzing, Valand's blueprints were lost by his executors. His executors emphatically deny this erroneous claim. They report that it was Benzing who failed to file, organize and keep the blueprints thus making the critical effort to save part of Raleigh's history for future study.
Valand and his wife Wymene and three sons lived in a 1952 house at 706 Woodburn Road, Raleigh, designed by Charles Davis of Cooper Haskins. Valand would later adapt the one-level house for his wheelchair.
Parents:
Bendik Larsen Valand, teacher, born 1879 in Konsmo.
Anne Sofie Gunvaldsdatter Ruenes, born 1881 in Birkenes.
Parents married Mar. 25, 1911.
Leif & Bergliot twins.
Family of four emigrated in 1917.
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