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Union prisoners at Salisbury, N.C. / drawn from nature by Act. Major O...

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Moorefields, State Route 1135, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC

Significance: Moorefields was built in 1785 by U. S. Supreme Court Justice Alfred Moor and the Moores and Waddells have owned it for all except 37 years of its 178 year life...Moorefields is a notable small rur... More

First Presbyterian Church, New & Middle Streets, New Bern, Craven Coun...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7 Survey number: HABS NC-12-F-1 Building/structure dates: 1819-1822 Initial Construction

Organ Evangelical Lutheran Church, State Route 1006, Rockwell, Rowan C...

Survey number: HABS NC-259 Public domain photograph of church architecture, religious building, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Home of an African American lawyer, Atlanta, Georgia, with men, women...

Attribution to Askew and title identification information from Photography on the color line. In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 352. B&w copy... More

Wheeley's Church and grounds. Person County, North Carolina

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William Pugh Ferrand Store, 122 Front Street, Swansboro, Onslow County...

Significance: It was built in 1819 on land that Ferrand had purchased from Captain Otway Burns, of Beaufort. The store was originally constructed of wood in 1819. When the massive fire of 1838 burned down a maj... More

Palmer House, 173 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC

Significance: Architecturally, the Patterson-Palmer House resembles Williamsburg houses closely. Its interior is particularly spacious and elegant with an unusual lateral hall... A succession of interesting ear... More

Freeman-Marks House, 112 North Third Street, Albemarle, Stanly County,...

Significance: The 1 story frame cottage, built ca. 1847, is the oldest extant structure in Albemarle, which was established in 1842 as the County seat of the newly formed Stanly County. The house has had a vari... More

Freeman-Marks House, 112 North Third Street, Albemarle, Stanly County,...

Significance: The 1 story frame cottage, built ca. 1847, is the oldest extant structure in Albemarle, which was established in 1842 as the County seat of the newly formed Stanly County. The house has had a vari... More

Freeman-Marks House, 112 North Third Street, Albemarle, Stanly County,...

Significance: The 1 story frame cottage, built ca. 1847, is the oldest extant structure in Albemarle, which was established in 1842 as the County seat of the newly formed Stanly County. The house has had a vari... More

Freeman-Marks House, 112 North Third Street, Albemarle, Stanly County,...

Significance: The 1 story frame cottage, built ca. 1847, is the oldest extant structure in Albemarle, which was established in 1842 as the County seat of the newly formed Stanly County. The house has had a vari... More

Ashley House, NC 258-24 South of SR 1229, Richlands, Onslow County, NC

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White-Holman House, 209 East Morgan Street, Raleigh, Wake County, NC

Significance: The White-Holman House (built in the 18th century) is a fine example of early Georgian and Federal styles of architecture reflecting trends occurring in the Young Republic. Built and owned by form... More

White-Holman House, 209 East Morgan Street, Raleigh, Wake County, NC

Significance: The White-Holman House (built in the 18th century) is a fine example of early Georgian and Federal styles of architecture reflecting trends occurring in the Young Republic. Built and owned by form... More

White-Holman House, 209 East Morgan Street, Raleigh, Wake County, NC

Significance: The White-Holman House (built in the 18th century) is a fine example of early Georgian and Federal styles of architecture reflecting trends occurring in the Young Republic. Built and owned by form... More

Grace Lower Stone Church, State Routes 1221 & 2335, Rockwell, Rowan Co...

Survey number: HABS NC-258 Building/structure dates: 1785 Initial Construction

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Double Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatt...

Significance: The Double Keeper's Quarters at Cape Hatteras was constructed in 1854, at the same time as the nearby Lighthouse was raised in height. Built of wood frame construction, and resting on brick pier f... More

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Double Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatt...

Significance: The Double Keeper's Quarters at Cape Hatteras was constructed in 1854, at the same time as the nearby Lighthouse was raised in height. Built of wood frame construction, and resting on brick pier f... More

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Double Keeper's Dwelling, Point of Cape Hatt...

Significance: The Double Keeper's Quarters at Cape Hatteras was constructed in 1854, at the same time as the nearby Lighthouse was raised in height. Built of wood frame construction, and resting on brick pier f... More

Workers in the Nokomis Cotton Mill, Lexington, N.C. The smallest boy s...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

First Academy, New Street at Hancock, New Bern, Craven County, NC

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109 Broad Street (House), New Bern, Craven County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-70 Building/structure dates: 18t3 Initial Construction

Pope House, State Route 1117 (moved to St. Andrew's Street, Halifax), ...

Survey number: HABS NC-76 Building/structure dates: ca. 1808 Initial Construction

Clarence Brinson House, NC 258-24 South of SR 1229, Richlands, Onslow ...

Significance: Contributing building in the proposed Venters Historic District. Survey number: HABS NC-375 Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1946 Building/... More

Clarence Brinson House, NC 258-24 South of SR 1229, Richlands, Onslow ...

Significance: Contributing building in the proposed Venters Historic District. Survey number: HABS NC-375 Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1946 Building/... More

Boylan Avenue Bridge, Boylan Avenue between West Martin & West Hargett...

Significance: Two street-railway separation bridges are located on South Boylan Avenue between West Martin and West Hargett Streets. The inventoried bridge is a riveted structural street Warren through truss, ... More

Biltmore Forestry School, "Hellhole" Student Quarters, Brevard, Transy...

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[Alan Lomax playing guitar on stage at the Mountain Music Festival, As...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during the Asheville Mountain Music Festival. Handwritten on back: "Asheville, N.C."; "Alan Lomax with guit... More

McIntyre Log House, NC Route 271, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS NC-12-B-4 Building/structure dates: 1726 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1941 Demolished

Orange Factory Village, House No. 9, Old Orange Factory Road (State Ro...

Significance: The Orange Factory houses, dating from the 1860s were built to accommodate employees of one of the earliest cotton mills in North Carolina. They assume historical significance as components of the... More

Fort Bragg, Oil Storage Building, Northwest corner of Macomb & Sturgis...

Survey number: HABS NC-397-F Building/structure dates: 1948 Initial Construction

Fort Bragg, Boiler House, Northwest corner of Macomb & Sturgis Streets...

Survey number: HABS NC-397-E Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

Fort Bragg, Boiler House, Northwest corner of Macomb & Sturgis Streets...

Survey number: HABS NC-397-E Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

Fort Bragg, Boiler House, Northwest corner of Macomb & Sturgis Streets...

Survey number: HABS NC-397-E Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

Henry Leinbach House, 508 South Main Street, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS NC-12-C-2 Building/structure dates: 1822 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work

Women assembled at Wheeley's Church near Gordonton, North Carolina, to...

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Tyne Woody House, Cataloochee, Haywood County, NC

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS NC-5 Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction

Subject File: Chanute, Octave--Photographs, Kitty Hawk, North Carolin...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Chanute, Octave--Photographs, Kitty Hawk, North Carolin...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Subject File: Chanute, Octave--Photographs, Kitty Hawk, North Carolin...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Oak Island Coast Guard Station, Highway 160, Oak Island, Brunswick Cou...

Survey number: HABS NC-401 Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction

Chalfonte Hotel, Pacific & North Carolina Avenues, Atlantic City, Atla...

Significance: Built in 1868, this building has been altered, expanded, and even moved closer to the sea. As a vacation resort, the Chalfonte witnessed the growth of the Atlantic City area, itself responding to ... More

Chalfonte Hotel, Pacific & North Carolina Avenues, Atlantic City, Atla...

Significance: Built in 1868, this building has been altered, expanded, and even moved closer to the sea. As a vacation resort, the Chalfonte witnessed the growth of the Atlantic City area, itself responding to ... More

Chalfonte Hotel, Pacific & North Carolina Avenues, Atlantic City, Atla...

Significance: Built in 1868, this building has been altered, expanded, and even moved closer to the sea. As a vacation resort, the Chalfonte witnessed the growth of the Atlantic City area, itself responding to ... More

Chalfonte Hotel, Pacific & North Carolina Avenues, Atlantic City, Atla...

Significance: Built in 1868, this building has been altered, expanded, and even moved closer to the sea. As a vacation resort, the Chalfonte witnessed the growth of the Atlantic City area, itself responding to ... More

Chalfonte Hotel, Pacific & North Carolina Avenues, Atlantic City, Atla...

Significance: Built in 1868, this building has been altered, expanded, and even moved closer to the sea. As a vacation resort, the Chalfonte witnessed the growth of the Atlantic City area, itself responding to ... More

Chalfonte Hotel, Pacific & North Carolina Avenues, Atlantic City, Atla...

Significance: Built in 1868, this building has been altered, expanded, and even moved closer to the sea. As a vacation resort, the Chalfonte witnessed the growth of the Atlantic City area, itself responding to ... More

Chalfonte Hotel, Pacific & North Carolina Avenues, Atlantic City, Atla...

Significance: Built in 1868, this building has been altered, expanded, and even moved closer to the sea. As a vacation resort, the Chalfonte witnessed the growth of the Atlantic City area, itself responding to ... More

Chalfonte Hotel, Pacific & North Carolina Avenues, Atlantic City, Atla...

Significance: Built in 1868, this building has been altered, expanded, and even moved closer to the sea. As a vacation resort, the Chalfonte witnessed the growth of the Atlantic City area, itself responding to ... More

Chalfonte Hotel, Pacific & North Carolina Avenues, Atlantic City, Atla...

Significance: Built in 1868, this building has been altered, expanded, and even moved closer to the sea. As a vacation resort, the Chalfonte witnessed the growth of the Atlantic City area, itself responding to ... More

Chalfonte Hotel, Pacific & North Carolina Avenues, Atlantic City, Atla...

Significance: Built in 1868, this building has been altered, expanded, and even moved closer to the sea. As a vacation resort, the Chalfonte witnessed the growth of the Atlantic City area, itself responding to ... More

Lockville Hydroelectric Plant, Deep River, 3.5 miles upstream from Haw...

Significance: The Lockville dam, canal, and powerhouse occupy a site which is closely associated with important events in the history of Chatham County and in the overall development of North Carolina. Lord Co... More

Lockville Hydroelectric Plant, Deep River, 3.5 miles upstream from Haw...

Significance: The Lockville dam, canal, and powerhouse occupy a site which is closely associated with important events in the history of Chatham County and in the overall development of North Carolina. Lord Co... More

Lockville Hydroelectric Plant, Deep River, 3.5 miles upstream from Haw...

Significance: The Lockville dam, canal, and powerhouse occupy a site which is closely associated with important events in the history of Chatham County and in the overall development of North Carolina. Lord Co... More

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, West Church & North Broad Streets, Edento...

See also HABS No. NC-12-G-2 for additional documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS NC-12-G-1 Building/structure dates: 1736 Initial Construction

North Carolina Route 1412 Bridge, Spanning Leepers Creek, Laboratory, ...

Significance: It is the earliest bridge to contain rolled sections in its truss system. The span is 120' and divided into seven panels. It contains the characteristic bolted pins of the Owego Company, builder... More

North Carolina Route 1412 Bridge, Spanning Leepers Creek, Laboratory, ...

Significance: It is the earliest bridge to contain rolled sections in its truss system. The span is 120' and divided into seven panels. It contains the characteristic bolted pins of the Owego Company, builder... More

Booth House, 133 East Church Street (moved to North Granville Street),...

Survey number: HABS NC-77 Building/structure dates: 1767- ca. 1770 Initial Construction

Booth House, 133 East Church Street (moved to North Granville Street),...

Survey number: HABS NC-77 Building/structure dates: 1767- ca. 1770 Initial Construction

Barber-Towler Building (Commercial Building), 123 East Martin Street, ...

Significance: The Barber-Towler Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings as a contributing structure within the Moore Square Historic District. The building was constructed at the turn... More

The life of the pilgrim, Joseph Thomas : containing an accurate accoun...

Glencoe Cotton Mills, State Routes 1598 & 1600, Glencoe, Alamance Coun...

Significance: Glencoe developed at the time when the shift from water to steam power was seriously considered by cotton mill builders in Alamance County. Glencoe's existent mill houses, original mill buildings... More

Taylor-Ward House, 228 Craven Street, New Bern, Craven County, NC

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Taylor-Ward House, 228 Craven Street, New Bern, Craven County, NC

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Falls of the Neuse Manufacturing Plant, West bank of Neuse River at St...

Significance: The Falls of the Neuse Mill complex includes a massive 3-story granite building and a 1-story granite secondary building evidently built in 1854-1855 as the paper mill of the Manteo Manufacturing ... More

125-127 Main Street (Commercial), Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC

Significance: Used as a carriage factory and for commercial, retail purposes. Survey number: HABS NC-352 Building/structure dates: 1884-1890 Initial Construction

Loray Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Three girls. Said were 16 to 19 years old. ...

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Fort Bragg, Ordnance-Motor Repair Shop, Northwest corner of Macomb & S...

Survey number: HABS NC-397-D Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

Fort Bragg, Ordnance-Motor Repair Shop, Northwest corner of Macomb & S...

Survey number: HABS NC-397-D Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

Fort Bragg, Ordnance-Motor Repair Shop, Northwest corner of Macomb & S...

Survey number: HABS NC-397-D Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

Oconaluftee Ranger Station, Barn, U.S. Highway 441, Waynesville, Haywo...

Survey number: HABS NC-390-B Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oconaluftee Ranger Station, Barn, U.S. Highway 441, Waynesville, Haywo...

Survey number: HABS NC-390-B Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Rou...

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At the bus station in Durham, North Carolina

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Jones Livestock Barn, Tobaccoville Road (moved to South Main Street, O...

Significance: The barn on the Jones Plantation at Bethania, was built in 1840 as a shelter for livestock and hay. It was constructed of heavy timber, hand hewn by the slaves of the plantation. The barn was so w... More

Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Thir...

Significance: The Spencer Shops served as the largest maintenance and repair facility in the Southern Railway Company system. The extant structures provide important indications of the requirements of large sc... More

Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Thir...

Significance: The Spencer Shops served as the largest maintenance and repair facility in the Southern Railway Company system. The extant structures provide important indications of the requirements of large sc... More

Pisgah National Forest Inn, Tree Top Cabin, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepos...

Significance: Tree-top cabin sits at the top of the property line, a two-story structure with a south-east wing addition. The gabled roof structure is aligned east-west. There are two entrances; the west entran... More

[Fort Fisher, N.C. Interior of the "Pulpit"; another view]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Fort Fisher, N.C., January 1865.

Jeannette House, NC 258-24, east side, about 2,525' south of SR 1229, ...

Survey number: HABS NC-372 Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction

Jeannette House, NC 258-24, east side, about 2,525' south of SR 1229, ...

Survey number: HABS NC-372 Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction

Otis Green House, Warrenton, Warren County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-266 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Christ Church Rectory, Wilmington Street & New Bern Avenue, Raleigh, W...

Significance: Originally constructed as the Bank of the State of North Carolina. In 1873, the bank was converted to Christ Church Rectory. Survey number: HABS NC-196 Building/structure dates: ca. 1818 Initia... More

Edgemont Neighborhood, Bounded by Elm, East Main, Lyon, & Walker Stree...

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Noon. Group of doffers and sweepers in Cabarrus Mill, Concord, N.C. Th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Joseph with carpentry...

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Cooleemee Plantation, U.S. Route 64, Mocksville, Davie County, NC

Significance: It was purchased in 1814 by Peter Nelson Hairston from General Jesse Pearson. The plantation contained approximately 4,500 acres, and the present house is on a hill overlooking the Yadkin River. C... More

Biltmore Forestry School, Dr. Schenk's House, Brevard, Transylvania Co...

Survey number: HABS NC-402-E Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Biltmore Forestry School, Hiram King House, Brevard, Transylvania Coun...

Survey number: HABS NC-402-D Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

301 Fayetteville Street (Commercial Building), 301 Fayetteville Street...

Significance: 301, 309, 311 Fayetteville Street Mall form a black of Italianate style commercial buildings that date from the early 1880s. They are representative of the urban growth that occurred in Raleigh in... More

[Design drawing for stained glass memorial window "Christ Before Pilat...

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Birds eye view of Round Knob. W.N.C.R.R. / sketched by Horace Bradly; ...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Round Knob, with the Western North Carolina Railroad cutting across the landscape; includes an insert of the Round Knob Hotel with fountain. P16692 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyr... More