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Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > North Carolina > Wake County > History

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Archaeology & Historic Preservation Fact Sheet Wake County
Governor's Palace Completed 1816. Vance was the last governor to reside there, 1862-5. Stood 50 yards south (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
Historical Raleigh With Sketches of Wake County (from 1771) and Its Important Towns (Source: Google Book Search)
Historical Sketches of North Carolina from 1584 to 1851 includes Union and Wake Counties (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
History of Wake County, North Carolina 1922 (Source: Internet Archive)
History of Wake County, North Carolina with sketches of those who have most influenced its development (Source: Internet Archive)
National Register of Historic Places
State Capitol Built 1833-40. Ithiel Towne, A. J. Davis and David Paton, architects. First State House built here, 1796; burned, 1831 (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
Wake County (Source: Wikipedia)
Wake County Beginnings (Source: Living Places)
Wake County Bicentennial (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
Wake County Historical Markers (Source: Historic Markers)
Wake County Historical Markers (Source: The Historical Marker Database)
Wake County History (Source: North Carolina Encyclopedia)
Wake County History Bibliography (Source: WorldCat)

Churches and Other Religious Institutions

First Presbyterian Church Organized 1816. Site of Constitutional Convention of 1835. State Supreme Court met here, 1831-40, after Capitol fire. This building completed 1900 (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (Source: North Carolina History Project)
Primitive Baptist Churches Church and Family History Assistance (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)

Histories of specific towns and townships (21)

Library

Meredith College Library History
N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences Collection began with 1851 geological survey; a museum since 1879; H. H. Brimley, curator from 1895 to 1946 (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
North Carolina Museum of Art Outgrowth of N.C. Art Society. In 1947 state funded purchase of art. Museum opened, 1956. Moved here, 1983 (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
North Carolina Museum of History Collection gathered by Fred Olds merged 1902 with state's artifacts to create Hall of History. Moved here in 1994 (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
North Carolina State Library Established 1812 under Wm. Hill, Sec. of State; James F. Taylor first state librarian, 1843. Moved here in 1968 (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

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