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The Joel Lane House, also known as Wakefield, was built in 1769 and is now a restored historic home and museum in Raleigh, North Carolina.It is the oldest dwelling in Wake County and contains collections of 18th century artifacts and period furnishings. [2]
Completed (with two stories) in 1862 on Halifax St., the building was home to one of the earliest North Carolina railroads, the Raleigh & Gaston, eventually incorporated into the 20th century's Seaboard Coast Line. Acquired by the state in the 1970s for use as an office building and moved to its present location on N. Salisbury St.
U.S. President Andrew Johnson's birthplace and childhood home is located in the park. The Mordecai House (also called the Mordecai Plantation or Mordecai Mansion), built in 1785, is a registered historical landmark and museum in Raleigh, North Carolina that is the centerpiece of Mordecai Historic Park, adjacent to the Historic Oakwood neighborhood. [2]
Mordecai Place Historic District (/ m ɔː r d ə ˈ k i /) [2] is a historic neighborhood and national historic district located at Raleigh, North Carolina.The district encompasses 182 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the most architecturally varied of Raleigh's early-20th century suburbs for the white middle-class.
Today, the mansion stands behind a black cast-iron gate on a 1.8-acre lot overlooking the club’s 18th green. It boasts eight bedrooms, 14 baths, two elevators, sauna, gym, a saltwater pool and a ...
In 1991 widespread support was shown for the museum and initial steps were taken toward making the dream a reality. In 1993 the museum opened its first exhibit in the Borden Building in Fred Fletcher Park. In 1998 the museum moved to the first floor of the newly restored Briggs Hardware Building on Fayetteville Street in the heart of downtown ...
This is a list of structures, sites, districts, and objects on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina: . As of May 1, 2015, there are more than 2,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 100 North Carolina counties, including 39 National Historic Landmarks, two National Historic Sites, one National Military Park, one National ...
The Pope House Museum, built in 1901, is a restored home once owned by Dr. Manassa Thomas Pope, a prominent African-American citizen of Raleigh, North Carolina.The Pope House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, It was an official project of the Save America’s Treasures Program [2] and the city of Raleigh took over management of it, offering tours for the first time ...