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Past Events
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Jan 12, 2012
Lecture on “Moving Midway Plantation” by Charles Silver -
Dec 3, 2011
Colonial Christmas Open House 2011 -
Nov 13, 2011
Lecture Mark Catesby and his Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, 1731-1743 -
Oct 27, 2011
Tavern Party -
Oct 13, 2011
Lecture on Germans Building in the Backcountry of North Carolina by John Larson -
Oct 9, 2011
Lecture on North Carolina Cemeteries by John Clauser--Reprise -
Sep 25, 2011
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea -
Sep 15, 2011
Lecture on 18th Century Cemetery Practices in NC--SOLD OUT -
Jul 4, 2011
Independence Day Open House -
Jun 13, 2011
Colonial Day Camp with Camp Flintlock -
Apr 30, 2011
Pathways to the Past--A Macaroni Kid Meet Up -
Apr 7, 2011
Lecture: Stitches in Learning – A Look at North Carolina Schoolgirl Needlework -
Feb 11, 2011
Program by Elliot Engel on “Blackbeard: The North Carolinian Nobody Knows” -
Feb 3, 2011
A Lecture on the Enslaved People Who Lived on and Near Joel Lane’s Plantation--SOLD OUT -
Dec 4, 2010 - Dec 5, 2010
A Colonial Christmas Open House 2010 -
Nov 11, 2010
Lecture on “Hiding in Plain Sight: The Water Mills of Wake County” -
Oct 28, 2010
Tavern Party 2010 -
Oct 21, 2010
Lecture on “Carolina Cottage: A Personal History of the House of Joseph Lane (Joel’s brother)” -
Sep 23, 2010
Lecture on “North Carolina’s Role in the American Revolution” was SOLD OUT. -
Sep 19, 2010
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea 2010 was SOLD OUT! -
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 “The Anglican Church in North Carolina in the Colonial Era”
Dr. Allen F. Page and Michael Southern lectured on “Religion and Churches in North Carolina in the Colonial Era” at 7 pm on October 23, 2008 in the Visitors Center. Admission was $15 for the general public and $10 for members of the Joel Lane Historical Society. To join, click here. Dr. Page discussed the institution of the church during Joel Lane’s era, and Mr. Southern illustrated the architecture of the buildings. Refreshments were served.
Dr. Allen F. Page, Vice President of Academic Programs at Meredith College, discussed the evolution of religion in America from the Reformation to the colonial period. He has an AA from Mars Hill, an AB from Wake Forest University, a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from Duke University. He joined the Meredith faculty in 1973 and since then has held the following positions: Associate Professor of Religion, Head of Deptartment of Religion and Philosophy, and Dean of Undergraduate Instruction.
Michael Southern is a native of Raleigh with family roots in the Winston-Salem area. He attended the N.C. State University School of Design and is a 1973 graduate of UNC at Chapel Hill in Art History. At Carolina he was a student of John V. Allcott, author of The Campus at Chapel Hill and mentor to a generation of UNC students in art and architectural history. Michael is a thirty-four year veteran of the state’s historic preservation programs. He is currently senior architectural historian and GIS (computer mapping) coordinator with the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Since 1974 he has served in multiple capacities at the agency and has participated in field studies of historic buildings in all 100 of North Carolina’s counties.
Michael is co-author, with Catherine Bishir, of A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (1996); with Bishir and Jennifer Martin, of A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina (1999); and with Bishir, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina (2003), all published by the UNC Press. The eastern guide brought two major awards to Bishir and Southern—the 1997 Mayflower Cup for the best North Carolina work of nonfiction and the 1998 Antoinette Forrester Downing Award from the Society of Architectural Historians, awarded to the nation’s best published architectural survey. Michael received the Robert E. Stipe Professional Award from Preservation North Carolina in 2000. In 2003, Michael and Catherine Bishir jointly received the Christopher Crittenden Award from the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association for lifetime contributions to the study and promotion of North Carolina history. In 2004 the guide to Piedmont North Carolina was honored with the first annual North Caroliniana Society Book Award.
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