Homes and landmarks
Houses, plantations and birthplaces, and the people who built and lived in them. 40 places on the trail.
Colonial North Carolina, 1585-1774
- A-55BARKER HOUSEHome of Thomas Barker, N.C. agent to England, and his wife Penelope, reputed leader of the Edenton "Tea Party," 1774. St...
- F-23BLOUNT HALLBuilt before 1762 by Jacob Blount, member of Assembly, 1754-1762, 1764-1771, and of Provincial Congress, 1775-1776. Stoo...
- D-79BOUNDARY HOUSECommissioners met here to run boundary in 1764. Popular stop for colonial travelers. Ruins used to est. present state li...
- L-1HEZEKIAH ALEXANDER HOUSEStone dwelling, built ca. 1774, by Revolutionary leader, who helped draft state constitution, 1776. Stands 400 yards S.E...
- H-2JOEL LANE HOUSEBuilt prior to 1770 and often site of political meetings. Decision to locate Raleigh on Lane's land made there, 1792. St...
- D-15JOHN BURGWIN 1731-1803Merchant, planter, and colonial official. Built this house, 1770-1771. His "Hermitage" estate was eight miles north.
- L-26KNOX HOMEHome of the Knox family since colonial days. James Knox, grandfather of President James Knox Polk, lived there. House st...
- L-60OLD STONE HOUSEBuilt 1766 by Michael Braun. One of the few remaining Pennsylvania German stone houses in North Carolina. Stands 1/2 mil...
- L-79OLD STONE HOUSEHome of Michael Braun. Built 1766; restored 1966 by Rowan Museum, Inc. Family burial ground 100 yards South.
- D-3ORTONFine colonial home, built about 1725 by Roger Moore. Later Gov. Benjamin Smith's home. Stands 16-3/4 mi. south.
- D-53ORTON PLANTATIONHouse built c. 1725, subsequent additions. Home first of Roger Moore, later of Gov. Benjamin Smith, still later of James...
- A-10SALMON CREEK AND EDEN HOUSE: SEEDBED OF THE COLONY
- O-38THE BLOCK HOUSEEarly landmark, western terminus of the 1772 boundary survey between N.C. and S.C. Stood 1/2 mile east.
Revolution and founding, 1775-1789
- K-9ALSTON HOUSEPhilip Alston's Whigs were defeated there by David Fanning's Tories, 1781. Later the home of Benj. Williams, Governor, 1...
- K-41BOGGAN-HAMMOND HOUSEEighteenth-century house built by Patrick Boggan, Revolutionary soldier & a founder of Wadesboro. Now historical museum....
- J-58HALEY HOUSEBuilt 1786 by John Haley, blacksmith & sheriff, on the Petersburg-Salisbury Road. Later a tavern; now preserved as a mus...
- H-37HAYWOOD HALLBuilt 1800-1801 by John Haywood, N.C. treasurer, 1787-1827. Operated now by the National Society of the Colonial Dames o...
- I-14OLD TOWN HALLBuilt on site of the "State House," burned 1831, where the North Carolina Convention of 1789 ratified the Federal Consti...
- G-25RED HOUSE CHURCHPresbyterian. Founded about middle of 18th century. Hugh McAden, its noted pastor, was buried in the churchyard, 1781. O...
- D-49THALIAN HALL CITY HALLBuilt 1855-58 as city hall and theatre for the Thalian Association (amateur), formed c. 1788.
The young state, 1790-1860
- A-49'SCOTCH HALL'Plantation setting for the novel "Bertie" by George R. Throop (1851), tutor in the family of Geo. W. Capehart. House bui...
- O-60ANDREW LORETZMinister, 1786-1812, of German Reformed Church in the Carolinas. Home built in 1793. Located one-half mile south.
- E-38BRAGG HOMEBoyhood home of Bragg brothers, Thomas, governor, 1855-9; Braxton, Confederate general, and John, U.S. Congressman. One ...
- N-35CARSON HOUSEServed 1843-1845 as the seat of McDowell County government. Home of Col. John Carson and his sons, Jonathan L., Samuel P...
- O-14INGLESIDEHome built about 1817 by Daniel M. Forney, major in War of 1812, congressman, 1815-1818, legislator, and planter.
- C-37LOT BALLARD HOUSEBishop Francis Asbury stopped there many times between 1799 and 1815 on visits to New River Chapel. House was 3/4 mi. W.
- L-63MAXWELL CHAMBERS HOUSEA good example of the larger homes built about 1820. Now used by the Rowan Museum. Located 1/2 block south.
- A-20MURFREE HOUSEHome of William Hardy Murfree, member of U.S. Congress, 1813-1817; N.C. House, 1805 & 1812; presidential elector, 1812. ...
- C-15SHINE HOMEBuilt about 1815-16 by James Shine. President Monroe & Secretary of War Calhoun spent the night there, April 13, 1819. S...
- K-56WM. RAINEY HOLT 1798-1868Physician. Advocate of scientific agriculture. His plantation "Linwood" was 6 miles southwest. Built home here, 1834.
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- HHH-12COLE FARMHOUSEStood in this field. Scene of heavy fighting, March 19. Destroyed on March 20 by Confederate artillery to prevent snipin...
- G-74THE GLASS HOUSENoted winter health resort patronized by Northern hunters and tuberculosis patients. Opened 1871; burned 1893. Site is 1...
- M-25VANCE HOUSENow historical museum, was temporary home of Gov. Zebulon B. Vance after Sherman's capture of Raleigh, April 1865. Is 35...
The New South, 1878-1929
- P-68BILTMORE HOUSEDesigned for George W. Vanderbilt by Richard M. Hunt. Constructed, 1890-1895. Opened to public, 1930. Three miles west.
- H-117EXECUTIVE MANSIONOfficial residence, N.C. governors, it was completed 1891 on Burke Square using prison labor. Architects, A.G. Bauer & S...
- J-54REYNOLDA HOUSEBuilt 1917 by Katharine, R.J. Reynolds ½ mi. N. on 1,000-acre model farm. Now museum of American art. Farm was donated t...