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Gov. Pat McCrory Helps Celebrate Edenton’s 300th Anniversary

Governor Pat McCrory will participate Saturday, May 18, 2013, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Edenton’s 300th Anniversary events commemorating the formation of North Carolina and the appointment in 1713, by Her Majesty Queen Anne, of Charles Eden as Governor. The public festivities will begin with the arrival of Governor Charles Eden (interpreter, in colonial attire) [...]

Discovery of the Oldest Dated House in North Carolina

RALEIGH – After two years of investigation of what was a planned rental property, the oldest dated house in North Carolina has been identified in Edenton. Preservationists with the N.C. Historic Preservation Office (HPO), architectural historians with the Architectural Research Department at Colonial Williamsburg and local historians participated in the research. Timbers in the one-and-a-half story [...]