The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough
150 E. King St., Hillsborough NC 27278 (919) 732-7741
150 E. King St., Hillsborough NC 27278 (919) 732-7741
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Friday, May 31st
Historic Hillsborough
Arts and Culture
Built on the site of the first St. Matthew's Church (c. 1768) and the site of the 1788 NC constitutional Convention, this simple church, built in 1816, is believed to be the oldest Presbyterian structure in continuous use in North Carolina. Between the 1790s and 1816, Hillsborough had no...
Address: 102 W. Tryon St., Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: 919-732-3131
The first Methodist church in Hillsborough was a frame structure located on E. Tryon Street. The church on this site was begun around 1860 on land purchased by church trustees in 1859. The Civil War interrupted the completion of this building and new building wasn't fully paid for until...
Address: 130 W. Tryon St., Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: 919-732-3460
Margaret Lane Cemetery, sometimes called the Old Slave Cemetery, first appears in written record in 1885. It is believed that Peter Brown Ruffin, a landowner and employer to the west of Hillsborough, bought the two 1-acre lots that comprise the cemetery from the town in 1854 as a burial...
Address: W. Margaret Lane and Occoneechee St. Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: 919-732-1270
Melissa Booth produces and displays her one of a kind designs in her studio and gallery located in the heart of downtown Hillsborough. The gallery also carries the work of Ben Dyer and Kelim designs. Studio and gallery open Tue. - Fri. 11am to 6pm; Sat. 11am to 4pm; Sun. 12pm...
Address: 116 S. Churton St. Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: 919-643-2600
Reconstructed 17th century Occaneechi village on the banks of Eno River, near where the tribe had an actual village 300 years ago. Mon-Sun, dawn-dusk.
Address: E. Margaret Lane, behind the Orange County Sheriff's Dept. Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: 919-732-7741
1844 Greek-revival building designed and built by local builder John Berry. The courthouse is still in use for county judicial business. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. Closed major holidays. Free.
Address: N. Churton and E. King Streets Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: 919-732-7741
Known today as Margaret Lane Cemetery.
Address: W. Margaret Lane and Occoneechi St. Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: none
The first St. Matthew's Church stood here. It was in that early building that the Colonial Clock (now in the Old County Courthouse) was first installed. The grassy area near Churton street contains early graves whose gravestones have vanished. The cemetery contains...
Address: N. Churton and W. Tryon Streets
Phone: 919-245-2625
Museum exhibits explore Orange County's history, featuring Colonial weights and measures (the only complete set in the U.S.), portraits of notable Hillsborough figures, and memorabilia from the Colonial, Antebellum, Civil War, and Industrialization eras. A second-floor gallery showcases various...
Address: 201 N. Churton St. Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: 919-732-2201