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Past Events
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Jul 4, 2010
Celebrate Independence Day and Learn Our History! Free Admission -
Apr 8, 2010
Lecture on 18th-Century Architecture in North Carolina--SOLD OUT! -
Feb 16, 2010
Annual Meeting of the Joel Lane Historical Society -
Feb 4, 2010
Lecture on Slavery in North Carolina in the 18th Century -
Jan 21, 2010
Lecture on the Women of Joel Lane’s Family -
Dec 5, 2009 - Dec 6, 2009
Christmas Open House 2009 -
Nov 27, 2009 - Nov 29, 2009
Special Hours on Friday and Saturday of Thanksgiving Weekend -
Nov 12, 2009
Lecture on Wake County’s Participation in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 -
Oct 29, 2009
Tavern Party -
Oct 4, 2009
Lecture on George Washington’s 1791 Tour of the South--SOLD OUT -
Sep 20, 2009
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea 2009--SOLD OUT -
Jul 4, 2009
An Old-Fashioned July Fourth, 2009 -
Jun 15, 2009 - Jun 19, 2009
Colonial Day Camp at the Joel Lane Museum House -
Apr 23, 2009
Back by popular demand, Jim Jones will lecture on “Comitia Americana Medals.” -
Mar 13, 2009
Concert of Early American Music by Nationally Renowned Musicians -
Feb 19, 2009
Lecture on “George Washington’s 1791 Tour through the South” WAS SOLD OUT -
Feb 10, 2009
Joel Lane Historical Society Annual Meeting -
Dec 6, 2008 - Dec 7, 2008
The Simple Joys of a A Colonial Christmas -
Nov 13, 2008
Lecture on “Promoting Heritage Tourism Through the Preservation of City-Owned Cemeteries” -
Oct 23, 2008
Lecture on “The Anglican Church in North Carolina in the Colonial Era” -
Sep 28, 2008
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea -
Sep 13, 2008
Volunteer Open House -
Jul 4, 2008
An Old-Fashioned July Fourth, 2008
Lecture on “Carolina Cottage: A Personal History of the House of Joseph Lane (Joel’s brother)”
The Joel Lane Museum House is proud to announce a lecture by M. Ruth Little on “Carolina Cottage: A Personal History of the House of Joseph Lane (Joel’s brother)” at 7 pm on Thursday, October 21, 2010 in the Visitors Center at 160 South Saint Mary’s Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. Admission will be $15 for the general public and $10 for members of the Joel Lane Historical Society. Refreshments will be served. Seating is limited, and advanced payment is strongly recommended. Please call 919-833-3431 with your MasterCard or Visa, or mail a check to P O Box 10884, Raleigh NC 27605. Be sure to include the names of all in your party; nametags will serve as tickets. Tickets are non-refundable unless we must cancel the event.
Ruth Little saved Joseph Lane’s house, built in 1775, by purchasing it for $1 from Preservation North Carolina in the 1970s. She moved it from where Regency Park now is in Cary to its current location in west Raleigh and did a complete restoration. She lived in the house for a number of years before she sold it to a young couple with children who now occupy it. Her book by the same title will be published by the University of Virginia Press in fall 2010. She describes it as “emotional and popular” in focus, “a memoir/architectural history about the life of the house, other houses like it all over North and South Carolina, and [her] own rescue of the house and the few years [she] lived in it.” We expect to have copies of the book available for sale this evening, and Ruth will be gracious enough to sign them.
M. Ruth Little has been studying North Carolina’s built environment since 1972, as a staff person at the State Historic Preservation Office, as a consultant, as an author, and teacher. She has an M.A. in art history from Brown University and a Ph.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill. Ruth has written seven books on N. C., including “Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of N. C. Gravemarkers,” “Coastal Plain and Fancy: The Historic Architecture of Kinston and Lenoir County,” and “The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill.” She has operated a consulting firm, Longleaf Historic Resources, since 1990. In addition to consulting and writing, she is a practicing artist, often painting views of the old buildings that she studies.
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