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State’s oldest house discovered in Edenton
Preservationists with the N.C. Historic Preservation Office (HPO), architectural historians with the Architectural Research Department at Colonial Williamsburg and local historians have identified the oldest dated house in North Carolina. Timbers in the one-and-a-half story house in Edenton have been dated to 1718-19. Dendrochronologist (a tree ring-dating specialist) Michael Worthington made the announcement on Jan. […]