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Built 1833-40. Ithiel Towne, A. J. Davis and David Paton, architects. First State House built here, 1796; burned, 1831.

Stood nearby. State Capital located within 10 miles by order N.C. Convention, 1788.

Built prior to 1770 and often site of political meetings. Decision to locate Raleigh on Lane's land made there, 1792. Stands 2 blocks south.

Largest battle fought in N.C., March 19-21, 1865. U.S. army defeated the Confederate army in the state’s last major battle. Historic site 2 ½ mi. E.

Graves of 52 soldiers individually marked, who died in the Kittrell Springs Hotel hospital 1864-65, are 1/2 mi. NE.

On May 16, 1771, North Carolina militia, commanded by Royal Governor William Tryon, defeated the Regulators on this site. The pennants represent the second, or decisive, positions of the two armies and the Regulator camp.

State recognoized in 1911. Traditional homelands 1/2 mi. N. High Plains Indian settlement. Helped draw NC-VA dividing line, 1728.

State recognized in 2002. Siouan-speaking people. Settled here in "Texas" community in the 1790s. Tribal lands 1 mile east.

Black U.S. Army soldier shot nearby in 1944 for resisting Jim Crow laws on a bus. Aftermath of killing helped revitalize North Carolina’s NAACP.