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Happy Tuesday, friends! I switched things up a little this weekend, so yesterday I scheduled a fashion post in a little collab with Courtney & Stephanie. Today, I’m recapping my weekend exploring Raleigh. DG’s season has started back up, so our time together on the weekends is a little more of a priority. I had on my winter bucket list that I wanted to explore some of the historic homes in downtown Raleigh, and the Mordecai Historic Park was one of the ones I wanted to check out.
The Mordecai House is the oldest house in Raleigh that hasn’t been relocated. Raleigh bought the property in the 1970s and moved a few other historic landmarks to the park. This house and two other houses are original to the property. This garden is a small replica of what it looked like during the Lanes’ tenure here. DG and I both really enjoyed touring this property because most of the furniture is original to the house as well. The city has done a great job preserving the house and its decor.
Another pice of the park is the house where Andrew Johnson was born. Johnson was the 17th President and took over after Lincoln’s assassination. This house was located on Fayetteville St. in Raleigh, but was moved to help preserve it better.
The building on the right in this picture is the law office of James Iredell, whose family was really prominient in NC. The church was moved off of a plantation. The Lane/Mordecai property would have had a similar church on their property but the original was destroyed.
The tour we took was about 50 minutes and really informative and interesting. If you’re in the area and have never taken the tour, I highly recommend.
We grabbed an early dinner at Trophy Brewing Co. and came home to binge watch Chrisley Knows Best & House of Cards.
How was your weekend? Did you watch House of Cards? What did you think of this season?
I didn't know that a city could just MOVE the houses to where they wanted…that's crazy!! Glad to hear you and DG spent some great quality time together this weekend!! xo, Biana –BlovedBoston
I love your love of history! Raleigh has so much that I never even think about yet I have been hundreds of times.
Love this post!! I'm glad that you two had a fun time being tourists in your own city too!! :-)
I love doing touristy things close to home – all these photos are gorgeous and Raleigh sounds like such a wonderful area!
This looks like such a cool thing to do! Charleston regularly had house tours where you could visit some of the older southern homes, I loved it.
That place is so cute!! I loved going there a couple of weeks ago! It looks like you had a great weekend.
Xo
Sara Kate Styling
Wow, beautiful! What great history too!
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This is so neat, I always love seeing historic homes in different cities.
So many beautiful homes, how cool that they can move them!
Green Fashionista
Weekends discovering Raleigh are always on the top of my favorite's list! Xo, Stephanie
So fun! I remember going to see the house where Andrew Johnson was born on a class trip. I love seeing historic homes!
xo,
Angela
I have the home on my list for places to travel to in Raleigh. My friend works at the capital and has her masters in Public History so I love exploring NC with her. Jess at Just Jess
I finished House of Cards with my mouth wide open. They are CRAZY! (Which is why I love it) But I have lived in Raleigh my entire life but never knew about Andrew Johnson's birth house. Pretty cool! I love NC :)
xo, Stephanie
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