Joel Lane Museum House

Dating to the 1760s, the oldest dwelling in Raleigh was the home of Joel Lane, "Father of Wake County". Costumed docents give tours of the restored home and its beautiful period gardens.

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• Mordecai Historic Park This late eighteenth/early nineteenth century plantation home and historic park is located on the edge of downtown Raleigh, NC.
• Documenting the American South Ten thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs for the study of Southern history, literature, and culture.
• Historical Highlights of North Carolina A brief history of the state beginning with the early history and a description of many of the native tribes of North Carolina including the Cherokee, Catawba, and the Coastal Algonquian. Find information about the Colonial Period, the Halifax Resolves, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and significant events in the twentieth century.
• Lesson plan: Learn about your county This activity will allow fourth grade students in North Carolina to learn more about the counties that surround their home county. Using online images, students will create a multimedia presentation to share with others.
• Lesson plan: Interpreting Diaries of the American South Students will read diaries of individuals who lived in the American South from 1865-1917. After reading these diaries the students will use a visual means of displaying their interpretation. Visual presentations will be one of the following: shadow box, poster, PowerPoint using drawings done by the student, brochure, or presenting an item that would have been used during the time that their diary was written.

Related pages

• African American Cultural Complex: Originally named Black Heritage Park, the African American Cultural Complex celebrates the outstanding contributions made by African-Americans.
• Historic Oak View County Park: This nineteenth century farmstead has been made into a county park and is devoted to interpreting the area's agricultural and rural heritage for the citizens of Wake County.
• Bea Hensley, Blacksmith: A National Heritage Fellowship Award winner, Bea Hensley has been blacksmithing since he was a young man. Today, he and his son give demonstrations of traditional techniques to create fine ornamental ironwork.

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• Learn more about American Revolution, Colonial North Carolina, Joel Lane, North Carolina, North Carolinians, Wake County, arts, crafts, folk art, historic sites, history, and local history.

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The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of North Carolina own four museum properties. One of these is the Joel Lane House. The little home was built "on a knoll overlooking the future city of Raleigh. It was the center of many historic gatherings; the gracious hospitality within its walls witnessed the birth and growth of the capital of North Carolina." The grounds include a detached kitchen, a formal city garden, and a period herb garden.

Joel Lane is known as the “Father of Wake County”. He sold 1,100 acres of his land to the state in 1792 for the creation of Wake County and the capital city of Raleigh.

To arrange a visit to the Joel Lane Museum House, call (919) 833-3431.

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