History: The Buildings

The building called the Kitchen was not originally on Joel Lane's plantation in the 18th century. Built about 1790, it was located on the Ray farm in northern Wake County and was moved to its current site in 1979. It was actually a…

The Visitors Center houses the gift shop and offices. Built about 1840, it was an addition to the side of Joel Lane's home. When his house was moved from Boylan Street to its current location on West Hargett Street in 1914, the new…

The Joel Lane Museum House was built in 1769, to be the "manor house" for Joel Lane's new plantation in the North Carolina backcountry. In 1970, the State of NC Department of Archives and History certified that “the Joel…

Many visitors want to know what happened to Joel Lane’s house after his death. Here’s a time line: ca. 1769 - Colonel Joel Lane built the house. Enslaved laborers likely performed the labor, felling trees, hand-sawing them into…