On and around this spot
stood the old town of
Bloomsbury
or
Wake Court House
which was erected and made the county-seat when Wake County was established in 1771.
This place was the rendezvous of a part of Governor Tryon's army . . . — — Map (db m233421) HM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Pilot Mill
1903 — — Map (db m233447) HM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Pilot Mill
1903 — — Map (db m233449) HM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Pilot Mill
1892 — — Map (db m233450) HM
Civil War Raleigh After President Abraham Lincoln called for troops to put down the Confederate rebellion in April 1861, North Carolina seceded from the Union. Raleigh became a hub of Confederate activity as recruiting and training camps sprang . . . — — Map (db m233591) HM
Protests against segregated lunch counters. Here, Feb. 1960, led to 41 arrests. Later acquittals marked noted civil rights victory. — — Map (db m233232) HM
Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 an April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. . . . — — Map (db m233612) HM
Henry Clay, on a visit to this city, wrote the famous Raleigh Letter, April 17, 1844, opposing the annexation of Texas. Many authorities believe that this statement cost him the presidential election of 1844. According to tradition Clay wrote the . . . — — Map (db m63175) HM
President of National Farmers' Alliance, 1889 - 1892; began Progressive Farmer, 1886; a founder of NCSU and Meredith College. House is here. — — Map (db m63235) HM
Founded by Presbyterian elder Wm. Peace 1857 as school for women; opened 1872. Main building used as Confederate hospital & by Freedmen’s Bureau. — — Map (db m63264) HM
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Pilot Mill
1910 — — Map (db m233503) HM
Taken in June 1861 when the Navy Yard at Norfolk was abandoned by the United States
Banded and Condverted at Richmond into a 6 inch rifle mounted at Fort Caswell North Carolina
Dismounted by exploding magazines when the Confederates evacuated . . . — — Map (db m40757) HM
A.I.A. Tower
North Carolina Chapter
American Institute of Architects
Chapter Founded(AIA)
August 8, 1913
Building Dedicated
October 18, 1963
Raleigh Historic Site
Water Tower
1887 — — Map (db m93208) HM
Geo. B. Anderson Brigadier General Confederate States Army Born April 12th 1831. Died Oct. 16th 1862 of a wound received at the battle of Sharpsburg. ( Back of Monument : ) Seven Pines Mechanicsville Cold Harbor Malvern Hill South . . . — — Map (db m63255) HM
Fawcett, Preston & Company of Liverpool, England, cast this 4-inch, 18-pounder rifled cannon in 1862 and sold it to the Confederacy. It was part of a “flying battery” of field artillery stationed at Fort Fisher that protected . . . — — Map (db m63221) HM
Charles Duncan Mc Iver Educational statesman * * * Born 27th September 1860 Died 17th September 1906 ( Left Side Marker : ) Founder and first President of the State Normal and Industrial College for women ( Right . . . — — Map (db m63231) HM
Christ Episcopal Church
has been designated a National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America — — Map (db m40782) HM
Raleigh's first public burying ground. In 1798 the General Assembly authorized the city commissioners to lay off up to four acres of public land adjoining the city for this purpose. Additional land added later. Many of Raleigh's earliest citizens . . . — — Map (db m233509) HM
City Cemetery is the City's first public burial site.
Raleigh's City Cemetery, established in 1798 just outside the city limits on East Street, was the principal burying ground for Raleigh's citizens until the late nineteenth century.
The . . . — — Map (db m233510) HM
Official residence, N.C. governors, it was completed 1891 on Burke Square using prison labor. Architects, A.G. Bauer & Samuel Sloan. — — Map (db m32553) HM
Social activist; writer. Led the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union after 1892. A benefactor of present Meredith College. Lived in this house. — — Map (db m32628) HM
Entered on the National Register
of Historic Places
May 6, 1971
Federal Building
Century Pstal Station
Raleigh, North Carolina
Alfred B. Mullett
architect 1874
This property significantly contributes to the
nation's cultural . . . — — Map (db m233534) HM
First Baptist Church
Built in 1859
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Baptist Church
A.D. 1859
Wm. Percival . . . — — Map (db m126213) HM
Organized
January 21, 1816
First building on this site
dedicated
February 7, 1818
Present building
dedicated
September 16, 1900
Sanctuary remodeled
1956 — — Map (db m94802) HM
Organized 1816. Site of Constitutional Convention of 1835. State Supreme Court met here, 1831-40, after Capitol fire. This building completed 1900. — — Map (db m63165) HM
Colonel Fred Olds founded the Hall of History, now the North Carolina Museum of History, in 1902. He devoted his life to preserving the state's heritage.
In memory of Dellie Hardison Smith, a creative planner for this North Carolina . . . — — Map (db m126212) HM
In the Governor’s Palace April 24-27, 1865, Grant conferred with Sherman and approved new terms for surrender of Johnston’s Confederate Army. — — Map (db m63140) HM
Site used by U.S. Coastal and Geodetic Survey to measure the precise longitude and latitude of Raleigh by taking simultaneous readings of the positions of the stars here and at locations in Richmond, Va. and Charleston and Columbia, S.C. A . . . — — Map (db m40858) HM
On this site stood the Governor’s Palace of North Carolina 1816 – 1865 where General LaFayette was entertained March 2-3, 1825. — — Map (db m222848) HM
Built 1800-1801 by John
Haywood, N.C. treasurer,
1787-1827. Operated now
by the National Society
of the Colonial Dames of
America in State of N.C. — — Map (db m233508) HM
Private in
Bethel Regiment
North Carolina Volunteers
Killed at Bethel Church
June 10, 1861
First Confederate soldier
to fall in battle in the
War Between the States.
(back of marker)
Wyatt's Comrades
In dash to burn the . . . — — Map (db m41569) HM
First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of N.C.; 1823-1830. Active in the revival of the Church. Interred in church 50 yds. south. — — Map (db m63242) HM
Editor, author, public official
Son of
Josephus Daniels and Mary Cleaves Seabrook
Born in Washington, N.C.
May 18, 1862
Married to Addie Worth Bagley of Raleigh
May 2, 1888
Died in Raleigh, N.C.
January 15, 1948 . . . — — Map (db m217457) HM
This exact replica of the Liberty Bell is the same size, weight, and material as the original. Therefore, it has the same tone that the Liberty Bell would have if it could be rung. The bell, cast in France, weighs 2, 080 pounds. It is 85 percent . . . — — Map (db m73012) HM
Confederate brigadier general; president of Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, 1852-55; member of Congress, 1855-61. Home here, grave ⅔ mi. east. — — Map (db m63157) HM
On March 2, 1825, General Lafayette, an outspoken abolitionist, was received near this spot by Gov. Burton at the Government House. — — Map (db m233590) HM
Enslaved. Bought freedom in 1835. An abolitionist, nationally known orator, and entrepreneur. Wrote his Narrative in 1842. Was born nearby. — — Map (db m175033) HM
State Capitol has been designated a -------------------- National Historic Landmark -------------------- This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America 1974 National Park Service . . . — — Map (db m63233) HM
North Carolina’s Civil War stories are as diverse as its landscape. The Outer Banks and coastal rivers saw action early in the war, as Union forces occupied the region. Stories abound of naval battles, blockade running, Federal raids and the . . . — — Map (db m63218) HM
Established in 1859 to regulate the practice of medicine for the benefit and protection of the people of North Carolina. One of the oldest state medical regulatory boards, it originally met in the Old State Capitol., two blocks east. 150th . . . — — Map (db m63158) HM
Founded April 16, 1849, the North Carolina Medical Society has fostered the advancement of medical science, to maintain high ethical standards and to promote all aspects of the profession with the goal of relieving suffering and improving the . . . — — Map (db m63246) HM
( Preface : ) The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the March to the Sea. Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia . . . — — Map (db m63150) HM
This memorial is dedicated
to the heroic men and
women of North Carolina
who served in America's
wars. As long as the flame
of freedom burns, the
memory of their sacrifice
for peace shall endure.
(east side)
World War I . . . — — Map (db m40800) WM
As a memorial to his wife Olivia Blount Cowper Raney (1861 - 1896), Richard Beverly Raney in 1899 established the Olivia Raney Library which stood on this site. His gift funded the construction and equipment of a public library that served Raleigh . . . — — Map (db m40753) HM
1795 - 1849
James Knox Polk
of Mecklenburg County
President 1845 - 1849
He enlarged our national boundaries
1767 - 1845
Andrew Jackson
of Union County
President 1829 - 1837
He revitalized American Democracy
1808 - . . . — — Map (db m40797) HM
First nationally affiliated civic club in North Carolina
Officially chartered as Club No. 124 on August 1, 1914
Began meeting weekly on May 6, 1914 in
Yarborough House Hotel
Formerly located here on Fayetteville Street
Hotel destroyed . . . — — Map (db m233537) HM
Patriot-Soldier-Historian-Legislator-Editor-Christian Citizen
Captain and assistant adjutant general of Pender's staff, C.S.A.
Heroic defender of Fort Wagner
And twice cited for conspicuous service in the battles of Cedar Run and Second . . . — — Map (db m41014) HM
Dedicated to the patriotism and valor of
the more than three thousand four hundred employees of the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
who served in the Armed Forces of their country in World War II
and to the imperishable memory of those who . . . — — Map (db m94803) WM
State Bank of North Carolina, chartered in 1810, cornerstone laid in 1813, first president, Colonel William Polk, made his home in the building. Renovated, and is now being used by state employees' credit union — — Map (db m94808) HM
Sculptor's representation of Thomas Day, a free African American in Caswell County who created fashionable furniture and architectural elements before the Civil War.
In memory of Dellie Hardison Smith, dedicated leader of North Carolina arts . . . — — Map (db m214308) HM
