State Historic Sites

Our historic sites, scattered across the state from Manteo at the coast to Weaverville in the west, offer you the chance to step back in time and experience the places where our state's most significant historical events happened first-hand.

At our historic sites, walk through a home transformed into a field hospital during North Carolina's largest Civil War battle, see the Asheville boarding house that inspired one of the Tar Heel State's most famous writers, pan for gold at the site of America's first gold rush and much more.

Each of our 27 historic sites tells an important story from North Carolina's past, but taken together they tell the story of North Carolina's diverse people and places from early Native American settlement to the Old North State's role in World War II. 

Site Name Location Region Website
Alamance Battleground Burlington Piedmont https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/alamance-battleground
Battleship North Carolina Wilmington Coastal https://www.battleshipnc.com/
Bennett Place Durham Piedmont https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/bennett-place
Bentonville Battlefield Four Oaks Piedmont https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/bentonville-battlefield
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson Winnabow Coastal https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/brunswick-town-fort-anderson
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum Sedalia Piedmont https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/charlotte-hawkins-brown-museum
CSS Neuse and Gov. Caswell Memorial Kinston Coastal https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/css-neuse-and-governor-caswell-memorial
Duke Homestead Durham Piedmont https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/duke-homestead
Fort Dobbs Statesville Western https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/fort-dobbs
Fort Fisher Kure Beach Coastal https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/fort-fisher
Historic Bath Bath Coastal https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/historic-bath
Historic Edenton Edenton Coastal https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/historic-edenton
Historic Halifax Halifax Piedmont https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/historic-halifax
Historic Stagville Durham Piedmont https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/historic-stagville
Horne Creek Living Historical Farm Pinnacle Western https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/horne-creek-farm
House in the Horseshoe Sanford Piedmont https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/house-horseshoe
N.C. Transportation Museum Spencer Piedmont https://www.nctransportationmuseum.org/
NC Executive Mansion Raleigh Piedmont https://www.ncdcr.gov/things-do/historic-sites/triangletriad/north-carolina-executive-mansion
Presiden James K. Polk Historic Site Pineville Piedmont https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/president-james-k-polk
Reed Gold Mine Midland Piedmont https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/reed-gold-mine
Roanoke Island Festival Park Manteo Coastal https://www.roanokeisland.com/
Somerset Place Creswell Coastal https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/somerset-place
State Capitol Raleigh Piedmont https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/n-c-state-capitol
Thomas Wolfe Memorial Asheville Western https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/thomas-wolfe-memorial
Town Creek Indian Mound Mount Gilead Piedmont https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/town-creek-indian-mound
Tryon Palace New Bern Coastal https://www.tryonpalace.org/
Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace Weaverville Western https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/zebulon-b-vance-birthplace