List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina

This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina.

North Carolina has 38 National Historic Landmarks:

[1] Landmark name Image Date designated[2] Location County Description
1 Bentonville Battlefield
100 px
June 19, 1996
(#70000460)
Bentonville and Newton Grove
35°18′23″N 78°19′26″W / 35.306389°N 78.323889°W / 35.306389; -78.323889 (Bentonville Battlefield)
Johnston Site of Battle of Bentonville
2 Bethabara
1934 HABS photo
January 20, 1999
(#78001948)
Winston-Salem
36°09′16″N 80°17′55″W / 36.154444°N 80.298611°W / 36.154444; -80.298611 (Bethabara)
Forsyth Area of 1753 Moravian settlement
3 Bethania Historic District
Bethania Historic District
August 7, 2001
(#76001321)
Bethania
36°11′02″N 80°20′13″W / 36.183889°N 80.336944°W / 36.183889; -80.336944 (Bethania Historic District)
Forsyth
4 Biltmore Estate
Biltmore Estate
May 23, 1963
(#66000586)
Asheville
35°32′23″N 82°33′03″W / 35.53965°N 82.55095°W / 35.53965; -82.55095 (Biltmore Estate)

35°32′23″N 82°33′03″W / 35.53965°N 82.55095°W / 35.53965; -82.55095 (Biltmore Estate)
Buncombe
5 W. T. Blackwell and Company Tobacco Factory
Blackwell and Company Tobacco Factory
December 22, 1977
(#74001346)
Durham
35°59′44″N 78°54′14″W / 35.995457°N 78.903959°W / 35.995457; -78.903959 (W. T. Blackwell and Company Tobacco Factory)
Durham Also known as Bull Durham Tobacco Factory.
6 Blandwood
Blandwood
June 7, 1988
(#70000455)
Greensboro
36°04′13″N 79°47′44″W / 36.070384°N 79.795425°W / 36.070384; -79.795425 (Blandwood)
Guilford NRHP 70000455
7 Cape Hatteras Light Station
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
August 5, 1998
(#78000266)
Buxton
35°15′02″N 75°31′44″W / 35.250556°N 75.528806°W / 35.250556; -75.528806 (Cape Hatteras Light Station)
Dare At 208 feet (63 m) tall, tallest lighthouse in the United States.
8 Capitol (North Carolina)
Capitol (North Carolina)
November 6, 1973
(#70000476)
Raleigh
35°46′52″N 78°38′20″W / 35.781249°N 78.638897°W / 35.781249; -78.638897 (Capitol (North Carolina))
Wake Capitol building, part of Capitol Area Historic District.
9 Chowan County Courthouse
1939 HABS photo
April 15, 1970
(#70000447)
Edenton
36°03′28″N 76°36′29″W / 36.057889°N 76.607935°W / 36.057889; -76.607935 (Chowan County Courthouse)
Chowan
10 Christ Episcopal Church
Christ Episcopal Church
December 23, 1987
(#87002597)
Raleigh
35°46′52″N 78°38′16″W / 35.781146°N 78.637648°W / 35.781146; -78.637648 (Christ Episcopal Church)
Wake Perhaps earliest Gothic architecture church in the South, designed in 1846 by Richard Upjohn
11 Connemara, The Carl Sandburg Farm
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
May 23, 1968
(#68000013)
Flat Rock
35°16′04″N 82°27′06″W / 35.267778°N 82.451667°W / 35.267778; -82.451667 (Connemara, The Carl Sandburg Farm)
Henderson
12 Cooleemee
Cooleemee Plantation
June 2, 1978
(#73001334)
Mocksville
35°51′12″N 80°24′36″W / 35.8534°N 80.41°W / 35.8534; -80.41 (Cooleemee)
Davie Plantation
13 Coolmore
1939 HABS photo
June 2, 1978
(#71000581)
Tarboro
35°55′29″N 77°35′46″W / 35.9248°N 77.596°W / 35.9248; -77.596 (Coolmore)
Edgecombe Plantation
14 Cupola House
1940 HABS photo
April 15, 1970
(#70000889)
Edenton
36°03′28″N 76°36′33″W / 36.057856°N 76.609261°W / 36.057856; -76.609261 (Cupola House)
Chowan A house with a cupola
15 Josephus Daniels House
Josephus Daniels House
December 8, 1976
(#76001342)
Raleigh
35°47′56″N 78°38′51″W / 35.798937°N 78.647597°W / 35.798937; -78.647597 (Josephus Daniels House)
Wake Home of Josephus Daniels
16 Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory
Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory
November 13, 1966
(#66000590)
Durham
36°02′06″N 78°55′16″W / 36.035°N 78.921111°W / 36.035; -78.921111 (Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory)
Durham Homestead and factory of Washington Duke
17 Fort Fisher
Fort Fisher (painting/excerpt 1890): shows stylized earthen walls along the Northern Bastion.
November 5, 1961
(#66000595)
Wilmington
33°58′18″N 77°55′10″W / 33.9717°N 77.9194°W / 33.9717; -77.9194 (Fort Fisher)
New Hanover A fort
18 Guilford Court House Battlefield
Nathanael Greene statue at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
January 3, 2001
(#66000069)
Greensboro
36°07′53″N 79°50′47″W / 36.131389°N 79.846389°W / 36.131389; -79.846389 (Guilford Court House Battlefield)
Guilford Partially preserved site of American Revolutionary War's Battle of Guilford Court House
19 Hardaway Site Upload image
June 21, 1990
(#84002529)
Badin
35°24′38″N 80°06′53″W / 35.4105°N 80.1147°W / 35.4105; -80.1147 (Hardaway Site)
Stanly An archaeological site
20 Hayes Plantation
1940 HABS photo
November 7, 1973
(#74001341)
Edenton
36°02′53″N 76°36′08″W / 36.048189°N 76.602229°W / 36.048189; -76.602229 (Hayes Plantation)
Chowan A plantation
21 Hinton Rowan Helper House Upload image
November 7, 1973
(#73001336)
Mocksville
35°54′18″N 80°36′17″W / 35.905137°N 80.604724°W / 35.905137; -80.604724 (Hinton Rowan Helper House)
Davie A house
22 Market House
Market House
November 7, 1973
(#70000451)
Fayetteville
35°03′09″N 78°52′42″W / 35.052557°N 78.878295°W / 35.052557; -78.878295 (Market House)
Cumberland Market below, town hall above
23 MONITOR
Engraving of the Monitor sinking
June 23, 1986
(#74002299)
Cape Hatteras
35°00′06″N 75°24′23″W / 35.001667°N 75.406389°W / 35.001667; -75.406389 (MONITOR)
Dare USS Monitor shipwreck (ironclad).
24 Nash-Hooper House
1965 HABS photo
November 11, 1971
(#71000610)
Hillsborough
36°04′37″N 79°06′01″W / 36.077058°N 79.100232°W / 36.077058; -79.100232 (Nash-Hooper House)
Orange NRHP 71000610
25 North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building
May 15, 1975
(#75001258)
Durham
35°59′45″N 78°54′03″W / 35.995911°N 78.900857°W / 35.995911; -78.900857 (North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building)
Durham 1921 commercial building; second headquarters of a major black-owned insurance company.
26 NORTH CAROLINA
The USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial, seen from downtown Wilmington, across the mouth of the Cape Fear River
January 14, 1986
(#82004893)
Wilmington
34°14′06″N 77°56′34″W / 34.2349°N 77.942855°W / 34.2349; -77.942855 (NORTH CAROLINA)
New Hanover NRHP 82004893. USS North Carolina (battleship).
27 Old East
Old East
December 21, 1965
(#66000596)
Chapel Hill
35°54′38″N 79°03′03″W / 35.910618°N 79.05075°W / 35.910618; -79.05075 (Old East)
Orange First building of first state university in the United States, built in 1795
28 Old Salem Historic District
Living History interpreters portraying two young women of Salem. The seated woman is copying Bible verses using a quill.
November 13, 1966
(#66000591)
Winston-Salem
36°05′12″N 80°14′31″W / 36.086624°N 80.2419°W / 36.086624; -80.2419 (Old Salem Historic District)
Forsyth Early Moravian settlement, now a museum
29 Palmer-Marsh House
1962 HABS photo
April 15, 1970
(#70000439)
Bath
35°28′30″N 76°48′51″W / 35.474870°N 76.814170°W / 35.474870; -76.814170 (Palmer-Marsh House)
Beaufort
30 Pinehurst Historic District
Pinehurst Historic District
June 19, 1996
(#73001361)
Pinehurst
35°11′42″N 79°28′23″W / 35.1951°N 79.473164°W / 35.1951; -79.473164 (Pinehurst Historic District)
Moore Resort community designed by Frederick Law Olmsted; also includes Pinehurst Resort
31 Playmakers Theatre
Playmakers Theatre
November 7, 1973
(#71000605)
Chapel Hill
35°54′17″N 79°03′02″W / 35.904754°N 79.050450°W / 35.904754; -79.050450 (Playmakers Theatre)
Orange
32 Reed Gold Mine
Panning for gold at the Reed Gold Mine
May 23, 1966
(#66000587)
Concord
35°17′08″N 80°28′12″W / 35.28542°N 80.46996°W / 35.28542; -80.46996 (Reed Gold Mine)
Cabarrus Site of first gold discovery in United States
33 Salem Tavern
1934 HABS photo
January 29, 1964
(#66000592)
Winston-Salem
36°05′07″N 80°14′30″W / 36.085336°N 80.241745°W / 36.085336; -80.241745 (Salem Tavern)
Forsyth
34 Single Brothers' House
1940 HABS photo
April 15, 1970
(#70000454)
Winston-Salem
36°05′15″N 80°14′32″W / 36.087560°N 80.242105°W / 36.087560; -80.242105 (Single Brothers' House)
Forsyth
35 Town Creek Indian Mound
Town Creek Indian Mound
July 19, 1964
(#66000594)
Mount Gilead
35°10′58″N 79°55′46″W / 35.182806°N 79.929472°W / 35.182806; -79.929472 (Town Creek Indian Mound)
Montgomery Archaeological site
36 Union Tavern
HABS photo
May 15, 1975
(#75001245)
Milton
36°32′12″N 79°12′24″W / 36.536567°N 79.206785°W / 36.536567; -79.206785 (Union Tavern)
Caswell
37 Thomas Wolfe House
Thomas Wolfe House
November 11, 1971
(#71000572)
Asheville
35°35′45″N 82°32′43″W / 35.595699°N 82.545287°W / 35.595699; -82.545287 (Thomas Wolfe House)
Buncombe
38 Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center
Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center
January 3, 2001
(#66000071)
Kill Devil Hills
36°01′14″N 75°40′03″W / 36.020659°N 75.667596°W / 36.020659; -75.667596 (Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center)
Dare

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References

  1. Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  2. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

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