Blue Haven

Contributors:
F. Carter Williams, architect; Richard Bell and Associates, landscape architect
Dates:

1959

Location:
Raleigh, Wake County
Street Address:

6612 Rest Haven

Status:

Standing

Type:

Residential

Note:

This is the second and most architecturally significant dwelling that Williams designed and built for his family, moving in when his daughters were in junior high and high school. Walls of Carolina blue fieldstone—including at the hearth wall in the living room—make the house iconic and contribute to its name. Window walls open to a deck that overlooks a partially wooded naturalistic setting designed by friend and landscape architect Dick Bell. Carter and Avie Williams lived here for 41 years.