The Penn House in Reidsville. Photograph from the City of Reidsville webpage.
Field trip opportunities
- Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center (Reidsville)
- This 4-H Educational Center provides year-round programming, including
team-building and environmental education to students in 2nd through 6th
grades.
- Chinqua-Penn Plantation (Reidsville)
- A virtual tour including panoramas, slideshows, and images of this historic
mansion located in Reidsville, North Carolina named for the mini chestnut tree,
chinquapin and its original owners, the Penns.
- Haw River Festival Learning Celebration (Bynum)
- Don't miss this fun and informative festival celebrating the Haw River, its history, and the creatures that live there.
- Home of Governor David Settle Reid (Reidsville)
- This was the first frame house built in Reidsville and home to Governor David
Settle Reid. It now houses the Reidsville Chamber of Commerce and is open for
tours.
- Karastan Rug Mill Tour (Eden)
- Visit this factory to see how oriental rugs are made from the design to the
finished product.
- Rockingham County Historical Village (Wentworth)
- An original tobacco factory, a barn, a one-room school house, and a corn crib have been restored and make up the Rockingham County Historical Village.
- The Penn House (Reidsville)
- "Charles Penn was an important figure in Reidsville's tobacco industry and
was largely responsible for developing the popular Lucky Strikes brand of
cigarettes for American Tobacco." He and his wife owned this home in
Reidsville which is now open for tours.
- The Wright Tavern (Wentworth)
- Built in 1816, the Wright Tavern was in operation for over a
century. It is a "rare example of a frame construction dog-run building
and the finest existing example of this plan in North Carolina." It is
open for tours by appointment only.
Learn more about Rockingham County
Two worlds: Prehistory, contact, and the Lost ColonyFirst part of a North Carolina history text for secondary students, covering the land, American Indians before contact with Europeans, Spanish exploration, the Roanoke colony, and the Columbian Exchange.Intrigue of the PastLesson plans and essays for teachers and students explore North Carolina's past before European contact. Designed for grades four through eight, the web edition of this book covers fundamental concepts, processes, and issues of archaeology, and describes the peoples and cultures of the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods. From the UNC Research Laboratories of ArchaeologyTobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the DepressionImages and text from a report in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill documenting tobacco bag stringing work in North Carolina and Virginia in 1939.North Carolina CollectionThe Wright Tavern
Owned and operated by members of the Wright family for more than a century, this tavern was "the nearest lodging to the Courthouse and the only known tavern serving meals in the village. The Wright...
The Penn House
This magnificent 12,500-square-foot home located on three beautifully landscaped acres was the home of Charles and Stella Penn. It was built in 1908 and burned in 1931 and was rebuilt in 1932 in the Colonial...
Home of Governor David Settle Reid
This 1881 Victorian house was the home of North Carolina Governor Reid for the last 10 years of his life. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now occupied by the Reidsville...
Karastan Rug Mill Tour
When the Karastan manufactured Oriental Rug was introduced in 1928, it was called the "Wonder Rug". Students will see the computerized setting of spooled yarn for magnificent rug patterns, the...
Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center
This educational center offers environmental education programs in the Spring and Fall. Students in the 2nd through 6th grades take part in hands-on environmental science, living history and outdoor exploration....
Chinqua-Penn Plantation
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Chinqua-Penn Plantation includes a 27 room house museum filled with art and furnishings from around the world and 22 acres of historic gardens and landscape....
Rockingham County Historical Village
Rockingham County Historical Society and Rockingham Community College have worked together to develop the Rockingham County Historical Village. Currently there are four restored buildings on property that...
Intrigue of the Past
Republished with permission from the Research Laboratories of Archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Intrigue of the Past: North Carolina's First Peoples results from a marriage...
Haw River Festival Learning Celebration
Since 1990, the Haw River Learning Celebration has been an annual event. The environmental education program is held for three weeks in September and October and brings hands-on learning to fourth graders...
North Carolina County Collection
The North Carolina Counties Collection from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “is a general image file arranged by county and comprises approximately 5,200 prints and photographs of...
Multimedia
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Mrs. Gertrude Maynard, Reidsville, N.C.
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Mrs. Emma Mitchell, Reidsville, N.C.
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Mrs. Emma Mitchell, Reidsville, N.C.
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Mrs. Eugenia Allen, Reidsville, N.C.
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Mrs. Eugenia Allen, Reidsville, N.C.
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Mrs. Cornelia Neal
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Mrs. Cora Graves, Reidsville, N.C.
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Mrs. Cora Graves, Reidsville, N.C.
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Mrs. Flossie Johnson, Reidsville, N.C.
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