Joel Lane Museum House

The Joel Lane Museum House, “Birthplace of North Carolina’s Capital,” is a heritage site of statewide significance. It was the home of Colonel Joel Lane, a Revolutionary War patriot, who sold 1,000 acres of his land to the State of NC in 1792 for building the capital city, Raleigh. Colonel Lane’s fully furnished 18th-century home, a jewel of mid-Atlantic Georgian colonial architecture, beckons visitors to enter a by-gone world. The site also includes a circa 1790 middle-class dwelling, interpreted as a kitchen, beautiful colonial revival herb and formal gardens, and a circa 1840 Visitors Center and museum shop. Costumed docents paint a vivid picture of life in the Carolina backcountry of 1770-1795. Please see the website for location, hours, and special events.