North Carolina Archives - The Forgotten South

Impressive Farmhouse Sits Empty and For Sale

This farmhouse from 1889 holds the stories of a family that helped build its surrounding community. Today it sits empty and is for sale.

A congregation started meeting here in the 1840s and by the 1920s, had built this church which stands empty today.

Although it crumbles more each day, this farmhouse from the 1800s still holds fond memories for family descendants.

This home in Eastern North Carolina dates to the 1850s. Now empty, its owners have agreed to let the local fire department burn it for practice.

Built in 1876, this chapel in Western North Carolina was the first church made of handmade bricks in this region.

[Buncombe County]

This church was built in 1853 and is all that is left of a once-expansive plantation.

[Halifax County, NC]

The first portion of this plantation home was built in 1810 and expanded in 1850.

[Edgecombe County, NC]

Rev. James O’Kelly, a noted abolitionist, started a congregation here in 1794.

[Chatham County, NC]

This home has seen better days. Check out the post to see what it looked like back then!

[Alleghany County, NC c. 1890s]

This old schoolhouse rests peacefully in a pasture.

[Pender County, NC]