All Sites Catalog Welcome to North Carolina's Historic Sites! Below you are able to search the sites via category, admission cost or type of rental opportunities available. All of our sites have rental opportunities available. Please contact the sites directly for more details! 25 results found Search Cost as a select dropdown - Any --Free Admission to site Category African Americans American Indian Early Settlement and Revolutionary Era Famous North Carolinians Farming and Industry The Civil War The Twentieth Century Women Rental Options Available Birthdays Concert Facilities Conference Facilities Meeting Space Outside Space Theater Space Weddings House in the Horseshoe In spring and summer, bright flowers surround this plantation house named for its location on a horseshoe bend in the Deep River. The house (ca. 1770) was owned by Philip Alston, whose band of colonists seeking independence from Britain was attacked here in 1781. Free, donations are accepted and appreciated. (910) 947-2051 horseshoe@ncdcr.gov 288 Alston House Rd, Sanford, NC 27330 Plan Your Visit N.C. State Capitol The North Carolina State Capitol, completed in 1840, is one of the finest and best-preserved examples of a major civic building in the Greek Revival style of architecture. It is a National Historic Landmark. Free admission, donations are accepted and appreciated. (919) 733-4994 state.capitol@ncdcr.gov One East Edenton Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 Plan Your Visit North Carolina Transportation Museum Discover the people and machines that have moved North Carolina, this is where locomotives that hauled Southern's passenger trains and freight trains filled with North Carolina furniture, textiles, tobacco, and produce were serviced from 1896 to the late 1970's. (704) 636-2889 nctrans@nctrans.org 411 S. Salisbury Ave., Spencer, NC 28159 Plan Your Visit President James K. Polk This site is located on land once owned by the parents of James K. Polk, the 11th U.S. president. The state historic site commemorates significant events in the Polk administration: the Mexican-American War, settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute, and the annexation of California. Free, donations are accepted and appreciated. (704) 889-7145 polk@ncdcr.gov 12031 Lancaster Hwy., Pineville, NC 28134 Plan Your Visit Reed Gold Mine Reed Gold Mine is the site of the first documented gold find in the United States. From this discovery, gold mining spread gradually to nearby counties and eventually into other southern states. Free admission, donations are accepted and appreciated. (704) 721-4653 reed@ncdcr.gov 9621 Reed Mine Rd., Midland, NC 28107 Plan Your Visit Roanoke Island Festival Park Roanoke Island Festival Park is an interactive family attraction that celebrates the first English settlement in America. Visitors board and explore the park's centerpiece, a representational ship, Elizabeth II. (252) 475-1500 FestivalParkInformation@ncdcr.gov 1 Festival Park, Manteo, NC 27954 Plan Your Visit Somerset Place Somerset Place is a representative state historic site offering a comprehensive and realistic view of 19th-century life on a large North Carolina plantation. Free admission, donations are accepted and appreciated. (252) 379-6020 somerset@ncdcr.gov 2572 Lake Shore Road, Creswell, NC 27928 Plan Your Visit Thomas Wolfe Memorial Thomas Wolfe left an indelible mark on American letters. And his mother's boardinghouse in Asheville, North Carolina, now the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, has become one of literature's most famous landmarks. (828) 253-8304 wolfe@ncdcr.gov 52 N. Market St., Asheville, NC 28801 Plan Your Visit Town Creek Indian Mound Town Creek Indian Mound is an unusual phenomenon in the history of North American archaeology. Situated on Little River (a tributary of the Great Pee Dee in central North Carolina), it has been the focus of a consistent program of archaeological research under one director for more than half a century. Free admission, donations are accepted and appreciated. (910) 439-6802 towncreek@ncdcr.gov 509 Town Creek Mound Rd., Mt. Gilead, NC 27306 Plan Your Visit Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace This pioneer farmstead, tucked in the beautiful Reems Creek Valley, features a two-story log cabin "mansion," an original 1790s slave cabin, and five outbuildings. Furnished as it would have been in the 1830s, the site explores life in early Buncombe County as seen through the lives of the Vance family and enslaved people. Free admission, donations are accepted and appreciated. (828) 645-6706 vance@ncdcr.gov 911 Reems Creek Rd., Weaverville, NC 28787 Plan Your Visit Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Share this page: Facebook Twitter Email How can we make this page better for you? Back to top https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites-catalog
House in the Horseshoe In spring and summer, bright flowers surround this plantation house named for its location on a horseshoe bend in the Deep River. The house (ca. 1770) was owned by Philip Alston, whose band of colonists seeking independence from Britain was attacked here in 1781. Free, donations are accepted and appreciated. (910) 947-2051 horseshoe@ncdcr.gov 288 Alston House Rd, Sanford, NC 27330 Plan Your Visit
N.C. State Capitol The North Carolina State Capitol, completed in 1840, is one of the finest and best-preserved examples of a major civic building in the Greek Revival style of architecture. It is a National Historic Landmark. Free admission, donations are accepted and appreciated. (919) 733-4994 state.capitol@ncdcr.gov One East Edenton Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 Plan Your Visit
North Carolina Transportation Museum Discover the people and machines that have moved North Carolina, this is where locomotives that hauled Southern's passenger trains and freight trains filled with North Carolina furniture, textiles, tobacco, and produce were serviced from 1896 to the late 1970's. (704) 636-2889 nctrans@nctrans.org 411 S. Salisbury Ave., Spencer, NC 28159 Plan Your Visit
President James K. Polk This site is located on land once owned by the parents of James K. Polk, the 11th U.S. president. The state historic site commemorates significant events in the Polk administration: the Mexican-American War, settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute, and the annexation of California. Free, donations are accepted and appreciated. (704) 889-7145 polk@ncdcr.gov 12031 Lancaster Hwy., Pineville, NC 28134 Plan Your Visit
Reed Gold Mine Reed Gold Mine is the site of the first documented gold find in the United States. From this discovery, gold mining spread gradually to nearby counties and eventually into other southern states. Free admission, donations are accepted and appreciated. (704) 721-4653 reed@ncdcr.gov 9621 Reed Mine Rd., Midland, NC 28107 Plan Your Visit
Roanoke Island Festival Park Roanoke Island Festival Park is an interactive family attraction that celebrates the first English settlement in America. Visitors board and explore the park's centerpiece, a representational ship, Elizabeth II. (252) 475-1500 FestivalParkInformation@ncdcr.gov 1 Festival Park, Manteo, NC 27954 Plan Your Visit
Somerset Place Somerset Place is a representative state historic site offering a comprehensive and realistic view of 19th-century life on a large North Carolina plantation. Free admission, donations are accepted and appreciated. (252) 379-6020 somerset@ncdcr.gov 2572 Lake Shore Road, Creswell, NC 27928 Plan Your Visit
Thomas Wolfe Memorial Thomas Wolfe left an indelible mark on American letters. And his mother's boardinghouse in Asheville, North Carolina, now the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, has become one of literature's most famous landmarks. (828) 253-8304 wolfe@ncdcr.gov 52 N. Market St., Asheville, NC 28801 Plan Your Visit
Town Creek Indian Mound Town Creek Indian Mound is an unusual phenomenon in the history of North American archaeology. Situated on Little River (a tributary of the Great Pee Dee in central North Carolina), it has been the focus of a consistent program of archaeological research under one director for more than half a century. Free admission, donations are accepted and appreciated. (910) 439-6802 towncreek@ncdcr.gov 509 Town Creek Mound Rd., Mt. Gilead, NC 27306 Plan Your Visit
Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace This pioneer farmstead, tucked in the beautiful Reems Creek Valley, features a two-story log cabin "mansion," an original 1790s slave cabin, and five outbuildings. Furnished as it would have been in the 1830s, the site explores life in early Buncombe County as seen through the lives of the Vance family and enslaved people. Free admission, donations are accepted and appreciated. (828) 645-6706 vance@ncdcr.gov 911 Reems Creek Rd., Weaverville, NC 28787 Plan Your Visit