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Below | Col. Michael and Joy Rave have come to love the “creaks and cracks” of their historic Fort Bragg home. Left | At fi rst glance, the dining room table appears to be made out of marble, but it is actually petrifi ed wood. Bottom | The Raves downsized when they moved from Fayetteville’s Kingsford subdivision to the Normandy neighborhood. Lewis, the buildings have brick exteriors instead of stucco. The one-story stucco bungalows on Alexander and Hunt streets were the first to be built and date back to 1928, according to Michael. The two-story single family Colonial Revival homes were built between 1930 and 1934. Nine duplexes of the same style were built in 1936. In later years, homes in more contemporary styles were built nearby, and now under construction are attractive two-story brick homes similar in style to the older homes of Normandy. The name Normandy comes from with open, green spaces intended to give it the appearance of a campus. There are 297 buildings in the district eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Michelle Michael is an architectural historian for the Fort Bragg Cultural Resources office. She describes the homes as Spanish Colonial Revival or Spanish Eclectic, which may seem an odd choice for the Sandhills of North Carolina. Michael explained that the Army and Department of Defense used standardized plans with three or four styles for different regions. The Spanish style chosen for Fort Bragg is also found at Fort Benning, Ga., Fort Sill, Okla., and Fort Lewis in Washington. At Fort the famous World War II invasion. Other housing areas also have been named for famous battles, according to the command historian, Donna Tabor. Streets are named in honor of famous artillery men. The Raves appreciate the historic significance of their neighborhood. “I love this house, with its little creaks and cracks,” Joy Rave said. “I think about all the people who have lived here and where they might be now.” Col. Rave appreciates the quiet, and noted the thickness of the sturdy CityViewNC.com | 31

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