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This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina.

North Carolina has 40 National Historic Landmarks, and one former landmark.

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	Landmark name	Image	Date designated	Location	County	Description
1	Bentonville Battlefield	[REDACTED] More images	June 19, 1996 (#70000460)	Bentonville and Newton Grove 35°18′23″N 78°19′26″W / 35.306389°N 78.323889°W / 35.306389; -78.323889 (Bentonville Battlefield)	Johnston	Site of Battle of Bentonville
2	Bethabara	[REDACTED] More images	January 20, 1999 (#78001948)	Winston-Salem 36°09′16″N 80°17′55″W / 36.154444°N 80.298611°W / 36.154444; -80.298611 (Bethabara)	Forsyth	Area of 1753 Moravian settlement
3	Bethania Historic District		August 7, 2001 (#76001321)	Bethania 36°11′02″N 80°20′13″W / 36.183889°N 80.336944°W / 36.183889; -80.336944 (Bethania Historic District)	Forsyth
4	Biltmore Estate	[REDACTED] More images	May 23, 1963 (#66000586)	Asheville 35°32′23″N 82°33′03″W / 35.53965°N 82.55095°W / 35.53965; -82.55095 (Biltmore Estate) 35°32′23″N 82°33′03″W / 35.53965°N 82.55095°W / 35.53965; -82.55095 (Biltmore Estate)	Buncombe	Largest private residence in the united states.
5	W. T. Blackwell and Company Tobacco Factory		December 22, 1977 (#74001346)	Durham 35°59′44″N 78°54′14″W / 35.995457°N 78.903959°W / 35.995457; -78.903959 (W. T. Blackwell and Company Tobacco Factory)	Durham	Also known as Bull Durham Tobacco Factory.
6	Blandwood	[REDACTED] More images	June 7, 1988 (#70000455)	Greensboro 36°04′13″N 79°47′44″W / 36.070384°N 79.795425°W / 36.070384; -79.795425 (Blandwood)	Guilford	Former home of progressive North Carolina Governor John Motley Morehead, designed by New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis in the Italian Tuscan style.
7	Blue Ridge Parkway	[REDACTED] More images	December 13, 2024 (#100011353)	Blue Ridge Parkway through Virginia and North Carolina 36°26′03″N 81°03′48″W / 36.4343°N 81.0632°W / 36.4343; -81.0632 (Blue Ridge Parkway)	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Transylvania, Jackson, Swain
8	Cape Hatteras Light Station	[REDACTED] More images	August 5, 1998 (#78000266)	Buxton 35°15′02″N 75°31′44″W / 35.250556°N 75.528806°W / 35.250556; -75.528806 (Cape Hatteras Light Station)	Dare	At 208 feet (63 m) tall, tallest lighthouse in the United States.
9	Capitol (North Carolina)	[REDACTED] More images	November 6, 1973 (#70000476)	Raleigh 35°46′52″N 78°38′20″W / 35.781249°N 78.638897°W / 35.781249; -78.638897 (Capitol (North Carolina))	Wake	Capitol building, part of Capitol Area Historic District.
10	Chowan County Courthouse	[REDACTED] More images	April 15, 1970 (#70000447)	Edenton 36°03′28″N 76°36′29″W / 36.057889°N 76.607935°W / 36.057889; -76.607935 (Chowan County Courthouse)	Chowan
11	Christ Episcopal Church	[REDACTED] More images	December 23, 1987 (#87002597)	Raleigh 35°46′52″N 78°38′16″W / 35.781146°N 78.637648°W / 35.781146; -78.637648 (Christ Episcopal Church)	Wake	Perhaps earliest Gothic architecture church in the South, designed in 1846 by Richard Upjohn
12	Connemara, The Carl Sandburg Farm	[REDACTED] More images	May 23, 1968 (#68000013)	Flat Rock 35°16′04″N 82°27′06″W / 35.267778°N 82.451667°W / 35.267778; -82.451667 (Connemara, The Carl Sandburg Farm)	Henderson
13	Cooleemee	[REDACTED] More images	June 2, 1978 (#73001334)	Mocksville 35°51′12″N 80°24′36″W / 35.8534°N 80.41°W / 35.8534; -80.41 (Cooleemee)	Davie	Innovative Piedmont plantation house influenced by designs of architect William H. Ranlett.
14	Coolmore	[REDACTED] More images	June 2, 1978 (#71000581)	Tarboro 35°55′29″N 77°35′46″W / 35.9248°N 77.596°W / 35.9248; -77.596 (Coolmore)	Edgecombe	Plantation
15	Cupola House	[REDACTED] More images	April 15, 1970 (#70000889)	Edenton 36°03′28″N 76°36′33″W / 36.057856°N 76.609261°W / 36.057856; -76.609261 (Cupola House)	Chowan	A house with a cupola
16	Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory		November 13, 1966 (#66000590)	Durham 36°02′06″N 78°55′16″W / 36.035°N 78.921111°W / 36.035; -78.921111 (Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory)	Durham	Homestead and factory of Washington Duke
17	Fort Fisher	[REDACTED] More images	November 5, 1961 (#66000595)	Wilmington 33°58′18″N 77°55′10″W / 33.9717°N 77.9194°W / 33.9717; -77.9194 (Fort Fisher)	New Hanover	A fort
18	Guilford Court House Battlefield	[REDACTED] More images	January 3, 2001 (#66000069)	Greensboro 36°07′53″N 79°50′47″W / 36.131389°N 79.846389°W / 36.131389; -79.846389 (Guilford Court House Battlefield)	Guilford	Partially preserved site of American Revolutionary War's Battle of Guilford Court House
19	Hardaway Site		June 21, 1990 (#84002529)	Badin 35°24′38″N 80°06′53″W / 35.4105°N 80.1147°W / 35.4105; -80.1147 (Hardaway Site)	Stanly	An archaeological site
20	Hayes Plantation	[REDACTED] More images	November 7, 1973 (#74001341)	Edenton 36°02′53″N 76°36′08″W / 36.048189°N 76.602229°W / 36.048189; -76.602229 (Hayes Plantation)	Chowan	A plantation
21	Hinton Rowan Helper House		November 7, 1973 (#73001336)	Mocksville 35°54′18″N 80°36′17″W / 35.905137°N 80.604724°W / 35.905137; -80.604724 (Hinton Rowan Helper House)	Davie	Former home of abolitionist and author of nationally influential publication "The Impending Crisis of the South".
22	Market House	[REDACTED] More images	November 7, 1973 (#70000451)	Fayetteville 35°03′09″N 78°52′42″W / 35.052557°N 78.878295°W / 35.052557; -78.878295 (Market House)	Cumberland	Market below, town hall above
23	MONITOR	[REDACTED] More images	June 23, 1986 (#74002299)	Cape Hatteras 35°00′06″N 75°24′23″W / 35.001667°N 75.406389°W / 35.001667; -75.406389 (MONITOR)	Dare	USS Monitor shipwreck (ironclad).
24	Pauli Murray Family Home		December 23, 2016 (#100000866)	Durham 35°59′34″N 78°54′59″W / 35.992778°N 78.916389°W / 35.992778; -78.916389 (Pauli Murray Family Home)	Durham	Now the Pauli Murray Center.
25	Nash-Hooper House	[REDACTED] More images	November 11, 1971 (#71000610)	Hillsborough 36°04′37″N 79°06′01″W / 36.077058°N 79.100232°W / 36.077058; -79.100232 (Nash-Hooper House)	Orange	NRHP 71000610
26	North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building		May 15, 1975 (#75001258)	Durham 35°59′45″N 78°54′03″W / 35.995911°N 78.900857°W / 35.995911; -78.900857 (North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building)	Durham	1921 commercial building; second headquarters of a major black-owned insurance company.
27	NORTH CAROLINA	[REDACTED] More images	January 14, 1986 (#82004893)	Wilmington 34°14′06″N 77°56′34″W / 34.2349°N 77.942855°W / 34.2349; -77.942855 (NORTH CAROLINA)	New Hanover	NRHP 82004893. USS North Carolina (battleship).
28	Old East	[REDACTED] More images	December 21, 1965 (#66000596)	Chapel Hill 35°54′38″N 79°03′03″W / 35.910618°N 79.05075°W / 35.910618; -79.05075 (Old East)	Orange	First building of first state university in the United States, built in 1795
29	Old Salem Historic District	[REDACTED] More images	November 13, 1966 (#66000591)	Winston-Salem 36°05′12″N 80°14′31″W / 36.086624°N 80.2419°W / 36.086624; -80.2419 (Old Salem Historic District)	Forsyth	Early Moravian settlement, now a museum
30	Palmer-Marsh House	[REDACTED] More images	April 15, 1970 (#70000439)	Bath 35°28′30″N 76°48′51″W / 35.474870°N 76.814170°W / 35.474870; -76.814170 (Palmer-Marsh House)	Beaufort
31	Pinehurst Historic District	[REDACTED] More images	June 19, 1996 (#73001361)	Pinehurst 35°11′42″N 79°28′23″W / 35.1951°N 79.473164°W / 35.1951; -79.473164 (Pinehurst Historic District)	Moore	Resort community designed by Frederick Law Olmsted; also includes Pinehurst Resort
32	Playmakers Theatre	[REDACTED] More images	November 7, 1973 (#71000605)	Chapel Hill 35°54′17″N 79°03′02″W / 35.904754°N 79.050450°W / 35.904754; -79.050450 (Playmakers Theatre)	Orange	Academic building in the Greek Revival style by New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis.
33	Reed Gold Mine	[REDACTED] More images	May 23, 1966 (#66000587)	Concord 35°17′08″N 80°28′12″W / 35.28542°N 80.46996°W / 35.28542; -80.46996 (Reed Gold Mine)	Cabarrus	Site of first gold discovery in United States
34	Salem Tavern	[REDACTED] More images	January 29, 1964 (#66000592)	Winston-Salem 36°05′07″N 80°14′30″W / 36.085336°N 80.241745°W / 36.085336; -80.241745 (Salem Tavern)	Forsyth	Vernacular structure erected in the eighteenth century that served as a social center of the North Carolina Piedmont.
35	Single Brothers' House	[REDACTED] More images	April 15, 1970 (#70000454)	Winston-Salem 36°05′15″N 80°14′32″W / 36.087560°N 80.242105°W / 36.087560; -80.242105 (Single Brothers' House)	Forsyth	Early vernacular structure that exemplifies the central European architectural traditions of the Moravians.
36	Town Creek Indian Mound	[REDACTED] More images	July 19, 1964 (#66000594)	Mount Gilead 35°10′58″N 79°55′46″W / 35.182806°N 79.929472°W / 35.182806; -79.929472 (Town Creek Indian Mound)	Montgomery	Archaeological site
37	Union Tavern	[REDACTED] More images	May 15, 1975 (#75001245)	Milton 36°32′12″N 79°12′24″W / 36.536567°N 79.206785°W / 36.536567; -79.206785 (Union Tavern)	Caswell	Early nineteenth century vernacular structure with strong associations with influential freedman cabinetmaker Thomas Day.
38	Thomas Wolfe House	[REDACTED] More images	November 11, 1971 (#71000572)	Asheville 35°35′45″N 82°32′43″W / 35.595699°N 82.545287°W / 35.595699; -82.545287 (Thomas Wolfe House)	Buncombe
39	F. W. Woolworth Company Building		December 13, 2024 (#100011389)	134 S. Elm Street 36°04′18″N 79°47′25″W / 36.0717°N 79.7904°W / 36.0717; -79.7904 (F. W. Woolworth Company Building)	Guilford	Site of the Greensboro sit-ins; now a museum.
40	Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center	[REDACTED] More images	January 3, 2001 (#66000071)	Kill Devil Hills 36°01′14″N 75°40′03″W / 36.020659°N 75.667596°W / 36.020659; -75.667596 (Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center)	Dare

Former NHLs in North Carolina

	Landmark name	Image	Date designated	Date moved or withdrawn	Locality	County	Description
1	Josephus Daniels House		December 8, 1976	September 2, 2024	Raleigh	Wake	Home of Josephus Daniels, destroyed 2021

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina
• List of National Historic Landmarks by state
• List of National Natural Landmarks in North Carolina

References

1. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
2. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

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• "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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