I try to keep this list of historic house museums for North Carolina current, but it is best to check directly with the museums for their hours and other information. If you are searching for museums near you, or close to where you will be traveling to, please change the display view to Map.
If you know of a historic house museum not in this list, please submit it.
Alamance County Historical Museum
Enjoy the gracious American country home built by Michael Holt III in 1790, enlarged in 1800, and again in 1875… Read More
Bennett Place
This simple farmhouse was situated between Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's headquarters in Greensboro, and Union Gen. William T. Sherman's… Read More
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
- 828-693-4178
- 81 Carl Sandburg Lane, Flat Rock, NC, USA
Carl Sandburg, nationally renowned poet, biographer, lecturer, newspaper columnist, folksinger, author of American fairytales, and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes,… Read More
Charlotte Museum of History
The house on the grounds of the Charlotte Museum of History is the Revolutionary Era home of Hezekiah Alexander. Built… Read More
Dr. Josephus Hall House
- 704-636-103
- 226 South Jackson Street, Salisbury, NC, USA
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this handsome house was built as a school in 1820. It… Read More
Duke Homestead
- 919-477-5498
- 2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham, NC, USA
See the early home, factories, and farm where Washington Duke first grew and processed tobacco. Duke's sons later founded The… Read More
Harper House/Hickory History Center
The Harper House, built in 1887, is a Queen Anne Victorian Mansion that has been meticulously restored and furnished. The… Read More
Historic Hope Plantation
- 252-794-3140
- 132 Hope House Road, Windsor, NC, USA
The centerpiece of the plantation is the c. 1803 Hope Mansion, Governor Stone’s stunning example of an academic architectural combination… Read More
Historic Rosedale Plantation
Rosedale was built in 1815 by Archibald Frew, a merchant, postmaster and tax collector. The home was locally known as… Read More
Körner’s Folly
- 336-996-7922
- 413 S Main St, Kernersville, NC, USA
Körner’s Folly is the architectural wonder and home of artist and designer Jule Gilmer Körner. Built in 1880 in Kernersville,… Read More
May Museum and Park
The May Museum and Park was built in 1854 by James William May, the grandson of Major Benjamin May, A… Read More
Poe House
- 910-500-4243
- 206 Bradford Avenue, Fayetteville, NC, USA
The Poe House was built in 1897 and is an Eastlake style victorian home that belonged to E.A. Poe, a… Read More
Pope House Museum
- 919-833-4633
- 511 S Wilmington St, Raleigh, NC, USA
Built in 1901 by Dr. M.T. Pope, an important African American citizen of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Pope House is… Read More
Reynolda House
- 336-758-5150
- 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Discover Reynolda House, a National Historic Property and the centerpiece of the Reynolda Mile cultural corridor in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.… Read More
Smith-McDowell House Museum
Built by one of antebellum North Carolina's most influential citizens, the Smith-McDowell House was once the home of mayors, a… Read More
The Barker House
The Barker House, was built in 1782 as the residence of Thomas & Penelope Barker. Penelope Barker was a principle… Read More
The Bellamy Mansion
- 910-251-3700
- 503 Market Street, Wilmington, NC, USA
The Bellamy Mansion is one of North Carolina's most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture built on the eve of the… Read More
The Burwell School Historic Site
- 919-732-7451
- 319 N Churton St, Hillsborough, NC, USA
The Burwell School was the site of one of the first all-female academies in the south. Operated between 1837-1857 by… Read More
The Foscue Plantation
- 252-224-1803
- 7509 Highway 17, Pollocksville, NC, USA
Located just 10 miles south of New Bern, the Foscue Plantation stands tall as a majestic reminder of a period… Read More
The Thomas Wolfe Memorial
The sprawling frame of the Queen Anne-influenced house was originally only six or seven rooms with a front and rear… Read More
The Whalehead Club
Built by Edward Collings Knight Jr. and his wife Marie Louise LeBel in the 1920s, this 5 floor 21,000sf residence… Read More












