Vance Birthplace (NC Historic Site)
Weaverville, NC (http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/vance/vance.htm)
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- Appropriate grades
- 3–12
- Subjects
- social studies (North Carolina, United States history)
- Provider
- North Carolina Division of Archives and History
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Students can see a pioneer farmstead that features the birthplace of Zebulon Baird Vance. The five-room log house which was rebuilt around original chimneys and its outbuildings are furnished to interpret the period from 1795 to 1840. Vance was a Civil War officer, governor of North Carolina, and a U.S. senator. Learn about Vance's famous mountain family on this site, as well.
Open Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm, the home is located at 911 Reems Creek Rd. in the picturesque Reems Creek Valley For information, call:(828) 645-6706 or send email to vance@ncmail.net
