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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.
In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records. [ 10 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Sloop Point plantation in Pender County, built in 1729, is the oldest surviving plantation house and the second oldest house surviving in North Carolina, after the Lane House (built in 1718–1719 and not part of a plantation).
Purportedly oldest house in Beaufort, NC, also known as "Blackbeard's House," some sources claim it was built between 1700–1709, based upon a carved timber in the house. [9] [10] Dr. Robertson House: Alamance County: ca. 1750 House Alamance County Architectural Inventory, 2014. [11] Hampton Family House Hamptonville, North Carolina: ca. 1757 ...
Five Points, like the Warehouse District, is one of Raleigh's historic gay villages. [1] A popular LGBT-friendly spot was opened here in the 1950s. [ 1 ] In the 1970s, The Moustrap, a gay bar and community gathering place for drag queens, lesbians, and transgender people, opened next to the Rialto Theater.
Morrocroft is a historic home located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.It was designed by architect Harrie T. Lindeberg and built between 1925 and 1927. It is a Colonial Revival/Tudor Revival-style brick manor house.
Central Prison is a prison operated by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction in Raleigh, North Carolina. The prison, west of Downtown Raleigh, is on 29 acres (12 ha) of land and is bounded by a double wire fence with a razor ribbon on top. The Department of Public Safety website describes the original building as "castle-like." [1]
Head on over to this Lowcountry destination to find two of the best things to do in America, according to TripAdvisor.
The Crabtree Jones House, also known historically as the Nathaniel Jones Jr. House, is a residence at 3108 Hillmer Drive in Raleigh, North Carolina.Constructed around 1808-1811 (by dendrochronological dating in 2014) by Nathaniel Jones, it is one of the few remaining large scale plantation homes in Wake County, and one of the oldest private residences in Raleigh. [2]