Holly Graded School
In 1868, Caroline Putnam (1826-1917) established a school for the children of former slaves at this site.
Hale-Byrnes House
The Hale-Byrnes House was built during the eighteenth century and was site of a Council of War before the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777...
Third Baptist Church
Alexandria, occupied by Union troops in 1861, attracted many African Americans escaping slavery. In Jan. 1864, a group of formerly enslaved people...
Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Life-Saving Station
Born in 1842 on Roanoke Island, Richard Etheridge spent much of his early life enslaved along North Carolina’s eastern shore. He remained here until...
Greenwood Cemetery
Established in 1860, Greenwood Cemetery is the second oldest public cemetery and the first city-owned African American cemetery in New Bern, North...
Concord Museum
From a Private to Public The Concord Museum began as the private collection of Cummings Davis, who moved to Concord in 1850. Initially, he displayed...