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Allen House

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Creator
David Walbert
Date created
October 11, 2007
Location
Alamance County, North Carolina
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  • North Carolina in the New Nation: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the early national period (1790–1836). Topics include the development of state government and political parties, agriculture, the Great Revival, education, the gold rush, the growth of slavery, Cherokee Removal, and battles over internal improvements and reform. (Page 2.3)

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Photo of the Allen House at Alamance Battleground, N.C.

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The Allen House, a log home occupied by John Allen and his family in the late 1700s. Allen built the house for his family around 1780 near Snow Camp, North Carolina, in Alamance County. In 1967 the house was donated to the state and was moved to Alamance Battleground.