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 |