National Register Listing
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Edenton Historic District
a.k.a. See Also:72000931;70000447;70000889;74001341;70000449;760013
Roughly bounded by E. & W. Freemason, S. Oakum, E. & W. Water, and Mosely Sts., Edenton, NC Local significance of the district: Industry; Commerce; Historic - Non-aboriginal; Politics/government; Architecture
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
During the Civil War, North Carolina was the second to last state to secede from the Union, doing so on May 20, 1861, and sending more soldiers to fight for the Confederacy than any other state.