HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS / REGIONAL HISTORIC SITES
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Station
472 Hay Street
Fayetteville 910-433-1612
Built in 1911, this rare example of Dutch Colonial architecture features an outside passenger and freight platform and shelter that date back to World War I. The depot currently serves as an Amtrak rail station.
Arsenal Park
Museum of the Cape Fear
801 Arsenal Avenue
Fayetteville 910-486-1330
https://museumofthecapefear.ncdcr.gov/arsenal-park
The U.S. Arsenal commissioned in Fayetteville in 1836 was taken over by the Confederacy when the Civil War broke out and later burned by Sherman when he seized the city in 1865.
Averasboro Civil War Battlefield
3300 Highway 82 Dunn
Dunn 910-891-5019
www.averasboro.com
Historic markers highlight the events of this March 1865 military action and the Chicora Cemetery where the battle dead were buried.
Barges Tavern
515 Ramsey Street
Fayetteville 910-323-4587
www.visitfayettevillenc.com/listing/barges-tavern/780/
Built circa 1800, this rare surviving example of a one-and-a-half story frame building with a central chimney currently serves as the home of the North Carolina Military Business Center.
Bryant House & McLendon Cabin
3361 Mt. Carmel Road
Cathage 910-692-2051
www.moorehistory.com
One of the oldest standing structure’s, this house was home to early settlers in the 1700 and 1800’s.
The Campbell House
US Highway 421
Buies Creek
910-893-3132
The beautiful 1890 home of James Archibald Campbell, founder of Campbell University, is used today as a cultural venue and reception hall.
Cape Fear Botanical Gardens
536 N. Eastern Boulevard
Fayetteville 910-486-0221
www.capefearbg.org
Along with the gardens, an authentic 1800s farmhouse and outbuildings are surrounded by a Heritage Garden.
Clarion Hotel Prince Charles
450 Hay Street
Fayetteville 910-433-4444
www.choicehotels.com
Reminiscent of an Italian palazzo, this 1925 eight-story landmark features Palladian windows and doors, marble floors and staircases, and soaring columns and pilasters.
Cool Spring Tavern
119 Cool Spring Street
Fayetteville 910-433-1612
Although not open to the public, this 1788 structure with Federal-style architecture is the oldest in the city and housed the delegates who ratified the United States Constitution for North Carolina.
Cross Creek Cemetery
Cool Spring & Grove Streets
Fayetteville 910-433-1612
Established in 1785, this historic cemetery is the final resting place of many of Fayetteville’s prominent early citizens and the site of the oldest Confederate monument in North Carolina.
Endor Iron Furnace
Near Cumnock and Sanford
https://leecountync.gov/LeeCountyHistory/EndorIronFurnace
The Endor Iron Furnace near the community of Cumnock, NC (near Sanford in Lee County) was in use from the early 1860’s until 1874 and was a pig iron furnace. The site will be developed as a nature preserve and park, and the furnace may be eventually restored.
Fayetteville Market House
Downtown District
Fayetteville 910-482-4242
https://www.visitfayettevillenc.com/listing/market-house/286/
Situated at the intersection of Hay, Gillespie, Person & Green streets, the Market House is the focal point of downtown Fayetteville. Architecturally unique in North Carolina, this is one of the few structures in America to use the town-hall-market scheme found in England. Many distinguished visitors have spoken from its balconies.
Fayetteville State University
1200 Murchison Road
Fayetteville 910-672-1111
www.uncfsu.edu
Established in 1867 as the Howard School, this facility became the State Colored Normal School in 1877 and is distinguished as the second-oldest public institution of higher learning in the state.
Fayetteville State University Planetarium
1200 Murchison Road
Fayetteville 910-672-1111
https://www.uncfsu.edu/community/planetarium
Custom group programs are available at this facility that features a Spitz model 512 projector with 2354 stars and a 30-foot dome.
Heritage Square
225 Dick Street
Fayetteville 910-483-6009
www.heritagesquarefay.org/about-us/
The home of the Fayetteville Women’s Club on Heritage Square encompasses the historic sites of Sanford House built in 1800, the Oval Ballroom, and the 1804 Baker-Haigh-Nimocks House.
Historic CF&YVRR Train Station
Downtown District
Fayetteville 910-484-4242
The depot that opened in 1890 to serve the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad Company features bricks manufactured by E.A. Poe. Other notable features include an onion-shaped lightning rod and steep hip roof.
Historic Orange Street School
600 Orange Street
Fayetteville 910-484-4242
The oldest existing structure in the city associated with public education was appropriated in 1915 to educate African-American children.
House in The Horseshoe
324 Alston House Road
910-947-2051
www.nchistoricsites.org/horsesho/horsesho.htm
Formerly a cotton plantation, this 18th century plantation has annual events including a reenactment of the Revolutionary War.
The Howard House
402 S. Layton Avenue
Dunn 910-892-4113
Available for private parties, this 1908 Neo-classical Revival house with a full-length portico is a replica of the North Carolina building at the Jamestown Tri-centennial Exposition held in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1907.
Kyle House
234 Green Street
Fayetteville 910-483-7405
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kyle-House/544888032309349
Rebuilt in 1855 after the great fire of 1831, this house has been integrated into the St. John’s Episcopal Church complex as a fine example of Greek Revival and Italianate architecture.
Liberty Point
Bow & Person Streets
Fayetteville 910-433-1612
The city’s oldest commercial structure circa 1790 rests on a site where patriots signed a petition declaring independence from Great Britain on June 20, 1775.
Malcolm Blue Farm
1177 Bethesda Road
Aberdeen 910-944-7558
www.townofaberdeen.net/pview.aspx?id=3520&catID=29
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this farm was built around 1825 and features a farmhouse, barns, the old gristmill and a wooden water tower.
Mallett-Rogers House
Methodist College
5400 Ramsey Street
Fayetteville 910-630-7000
www.methodist.edu/art
Built circa 1830 and restored in 1986, this historic home features exhibits, paintings, sculpture, and mixed-media works by Methodist College art faculty and students.
Moore County Historical Association
Post Office Box 324
Southern Pines, NC
http://moorehistory.com
The Moore County Historical Associations maintains a collection of historical homes and buildings that are open to the public and available for yours.
North Carolina Civil War Trails
Locations Vary
800-VISIT-NC
http://civilwartrails.org/about.html
The centerpiece of the trail is a driving tour of the 1865 Carolinas Campaign following many of the roads the soldiers used. That tour includes the battlefields at Bentonville and Averasboro and the site of the surrender of the Confederate army near Durham.
North Carolina State Capitol
One East Edenton Street
Raleigh 919-733-4994
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/capitol
This National Historic Landmark is one of the finest and best-preserved examples of the Greek Revival style of architecture in the nation.
Ole Gilliam Mill Park
Hwy 42 West
Sanford, NC 919-776-3196
http://www.olegilliammill.org
In addition to the mill, visitors can see a saw mill and an old kiln on the property.
Old Post Historic District
Cultural Resources Program
Fort Bragg 910-396-6680
910-396-8988
www.bragg.army.mil/
First established as a National Army Camp in 1918 in response to World War I, the Old Post District served as a planned community in the early 1900s. The Beaux Arts landscape plan is composed of Spanish Eclectic and Georgian Revival-style buildings unified by the use of stucco and brick materials.
Overhills Historic District
Cultural Resources Program
Fort Bragg
910-396-6680
910-396-8988
www.bragg.army.mil/
Claiming a rich history of use and development, this land was sold by the third generation descendants of Percy and Isabel Rockefeller in the 1990s to the U.S. Army.
Poe House
Museum of the Cape Fear
801 Arsenal Avenue
Fayetteville 910-486-1330
www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/osm/mcf.html
Constructed in 1897 and beautifully restored, this late Victorian residence was the home of a successful businessman, politician, and civic leader.
Railroad House Historical Association
Downtown Sanford, Inc.
226 Carthage Street
Sanford 919-776-7479
http://www.railroadhouse.org/railroad-house-historical-association.html
Originally built as a home for the first depot agent of the Raleigh and Augusta Airline Railroad, the Railroad House now houses the local museum.
Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site
509 Town Creek Mound Road
Mt. Gilead 910-439-6802
www.nchistoricsites.org/town/town.htm
Historic site that brings to life the culture of the Muskogean Indians of the Pee Dee area through interpretive exhibits and a slide show presentation.
