Upcoming Events: Click here to learn more about the year-long celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Edenton Tea Party! Click here to learn more about this year’s Easels in the Gardens Tour! Ongoing Events: The Christmas Candlelight Tour Follow…
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The Penelope Barker House, Edenton & Chowan County’s Welcome Center – Admission is FREE The Penelope Barker House is the home of the Edenton Historical Commission, the Historic Edenton Trolley Tour, and the Barker House Shop. As the Welcome Center, we…
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Mother of Women’s Political Liberation Penelope Barker may well have been one of the most courageous women in US history. At a time when women simply did not publicly engage in politics, she held a tea party. But it was…
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Edenton is real! The little town that 300 years ago served as the colonial capitol of the newly defined territory of North Carolina invites you to help celebrate a rare anniversary in American history – 300 years of continuous existence. And the old girl has weathered time well, as Forbes.com noted when Edenton was declared one […]
Edenton was home to several colonial-era leaders with many talents, such as: A delegate to the Constitutional Convention from North Carolina and one of 39 signers of United States Constitution in 1787, exactly 200 years after the “Lost Colony” disappeared…
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By Jim Melchor and Tom Newbern From the dawn of mankind, humans have needed blades for hunting, chopping, cutting, and fighting. In this article, we will focus on the evolution of blades in what is now Virginia and North Carolina…
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Stories, News, and Notes Menu Local Preservationists Community Revitalization Adaptive Reuse National Treasures Travel Trust News Paintings, Peacocks, and Preservationists: Edenton, NC, Celebrates the National Trust Posted on: May 17th, 2012 by David Garber When I first learned that Annie…
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Joseph Hewes, a newcomer to Edenton signed the Declaration of Independence and as detailed in NCPedia: “Joseph Hewes, merchant, colonial leader, delegate to the Continental Congress, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was raised at Mayberry Hill, the family’s…
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The early settlers of Edenton played an important role in the formation of the Colony that became known as North Carolina; in its development; and maybe more importantly, in defining the motivations for the revolution against the Crown that led…
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