List of the oldest buildings in North Carolina

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This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of North Carolina in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in North Carolina and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier. To be listed here a site must:

  • date from prior to 1776; or
  • be the oldest building in a county, large city, or oldest of its type (church, government building, etc.),
Building Image Location First Built Use Notes
Lane House File:Lane House (1719).JPG Edenton 1718–19 House Oldest house in North Carolina identified by dendrochronology; One-and-a-half stories; located in the Edenton National Register Historic District; Owned by Steve and Linda Lane.[1]
Sloop Point File:Sloop Point Plantation, U.S. Route 17, Holly Ridge Vicinity, Topsail Beach, Pender County, NC HABS NC,71-HOL.V,1- (sheet 6 of 12).tif Pender County 1726 House Resembles Caribbean architecture[2]
Newbold-White House File:Newbold-White House (1730).JPG Hertford 1730 House Oldest brick house in North Carolina.National Register of Historic Places, 1971.[3]
Myers-White House File:Myers-White House, North-West Corner.jpg Hertford 1730 House National Register of Historic Places, 1971.[4]
St. Thomas Church File:St. Thomas' Church Bath Beaufort County North Carolina by Frances Benjamin Johnston.jpg Bath 1734 Religious Oldest surviving church building in North Carolina.
Orton Plantation Main House File:Orton House at Orton Plantation, Brunswick County, North Carolina.jpg Winnabow 1735 House [2]
St. Paul's Church File:St. Paul's Church, Edenton (Chowan County, North Carolina).jpg Edenton 1736 Church National Register of Historic Places, 1975.[5]
Mitchell-Anderson House Wilmington ca. 1740 House One of the oldest houses in Wilmington.[2]
Woodleys Manor File:Woodleys Manor (c1744) before restoration.jpg Pasquotank County ca. 1740 House Oldest house in Pasquotank County, oldest side-hall plan in North Carolina, and earliest known Carolina plan.[6]
Palmer-Marsh House File:Palmer-Marsh House, Main Street, Bath (Beaufort County, North Carolina).jpg Bath 1744 House National Historic Landmark.
Milford File:Milford (1746).JPG Camden County 1746 House Oldest two-story brick house in North Carolina. National Register of Historic Places, 1972.[7]
Duke-Lawrence House Northampton County, North Carolina 1747 House One of NC's oldest colonial homes. The original western frame section was built about 1747, with the eastern brick section built between 1787 and 1796. National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Old Brick House File:The Old Brick House (c1750).JPG Pasquotank County ca. 1750 House National Register of Historic Places, 1972.[8]
Hammock House Beaufort ca. 1700–1750 House 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
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 Hamptonville, North Carolina ca. 1757 House The oldest house in Yadkin County. Ref: Historical Architecture of Yadkin County North Carolina, copyright 1987; The Yadkin County Historical Society
Cupola House File:Cupola House (1758).JPG Edenton 1758 House National Register of Historic Places, 1970.[12]
The Owens House
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 Halifax 1760 House Entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, this gambrel-roofed home of a merchant was built about 1760. It was named for George Owens and is the oldest structure of the Historic Halifax State Historic Site.[13]
Joel Lane House File:Joel Lane House-20100913.jpeg Raleigh ca. 1760–1770 House Oldest house in Raleigh
DuBoise-Boatwright House Wilmington 1765 House One of the oldest houses in Wilmington.[2]
Michael Braun House File:Michael Braun House, State Route 2308, Granite Quarry vicinity (Rowan County, North Carolina).jpg Granite Quarry 1766 House Also called Old Stone House. Oldest building in Rowan County.[14]
Chowan County Courthouse File:Chowan County Courthouse 1767.JPG Edenton 1767 Courthouse Oldest courthouse in North Carolina. National Register of Historic Places, 1970.[15]
St. Philip's Church File:St. Philip's Church Ruins.jpg Brunswick Town 1768 Church
Single Brothers' House File:Single Brothers Home, Old Salem, NC.jpg Winston-Salem 1769 House Part of Moravian settlement.
Burgwin-Wright House File:Burgwin-Wright House, Wilmington, North Carolina.jpg Wilmington 1770 House One of the oldest houses in Wilmington.[2]
Hugh Torrance House and Store Huntersville ca. 1779 Store and House The oldest standing store in North Carolina, and one of the oldest surviving structures in Mecklenburg County.
Patrick Gordon House File:PatrickGordonHouse.NewBern.jpg New Bern 1771 House National Register, Oldest substantially unaltered house in New Bern.
House in the Horseshoe File:ALSTON HOUSE, MOORE COUNTY.jpg Carthage 1772 House Historic battle site between American Revolution loyalists and patriots.
Nash-Hooper House File:Nash-Hooper House, Hillsborough, NC.jpg Hillsborough 1772 House National Historic Landmark, home to signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
Hezekiah Alexander House Charlotte 1774 House Oldest building in Charlotte. Part of the National Register of Historic Places
Robert Cleveland Log House Wilkesboro 1780 House Oldest house in Wilkes County.[16]
Alexander Long plantation house North of Spencer, North Carolina 1783 House Oldest inhabited home in Rowan County
Salem Tavern File:Salem Tavern, Old Salem, NC.jpg Winston-Salem 1784 Tavern The Tavern was the lodgings for George Washington for two nights during his Southern Tour in 1791.
Cool Spring Place File:Cool spring.jpg Fayetteville 1788 Tavern Oldest building in Fayetteville.[17]
St. Philip's Church File:St Philips Moravian Church.JPG Winston-Salem 1861 Church Oldest African American Church building in North Carolina.[18]
Temple of Israel File:Facade Temple of Israel.jpg Wilmington 1876 Synagogue Oldest Jewish synagogue in North Carolina.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Discovery of the Oldest Dated House in North Carolina". North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Steelman, Ben (May 8, 2009). "What is the oldest house in Wilmington?". The Wilmington Star-News. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
  4. ↑ North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
  5. ↑ North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
  6. ↑ Kelly-Goss, Robert (November 10, 2012). "Historical treasure". The Daily Advance. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  7. ↑ North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
  8. ↑ North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
  9. ↑ Lynn Salsi, Frances Eubanks, Carteret County (Arcadia Publishing, 1999) pg. 21
  10. ↑ Daniel W. Barefoot, Touring the Backroads of North Carolina's Lower Coast (John F. Blair, 1995) pg. 73
  11. ↑ https://www.alamance-nc.com/planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2014/04/Architectural-Inventory.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  12. ↑ North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
  13. ↑ "Historic Sites: History". historicsites.nc.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  14. ↑ "Old Stone House". Theo. Buerbaum's Salisbury. Rowan Public Library. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  15. ↑ North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
  16. ↑ Robert Cleveland Log House
  17. ↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (March 1972). "Cool Spring Place" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  18. ↑ St. Philips Moravian Church
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