The Rowan Museum is located in a 19th-century courthouse in Salisbury, North Carolina that survived Stoneman’s Raid. The building is considered to be one of the finest examples of antebellum architecture in North Carolina.[1] The museum is dedicated to the history of Rowan County.
Listed on the National Register of National Places in March 1970. The courthouse was built and completed by Conrad and Williams contractors between 1855 and 1857. The courthouse is a two-story building with a hexastyle colossal Doric portico along the front facade. A new courthouse was built in 1914 and is now located next door. The courthouse was transformed into the Community Building[2] and has housed the Rowan Museum since 2001, when it moved from the Utzman-Chambers House.[3]
Among the museum's holdings is the Old Stone House, a Georgian two-story structure built in 1766 near present-day Granite Quarry by Michael Braun, a wheelwright, printer and carpenter.[4][5] The house is the oldest in Rowan County and one of the State's few remaining stone houses.[6] Descendants or Braun and the Fisher family worked to preserve the house in the 1950s, when there was the possibility of it being torn down so its rock could be used for roads. The families donated the restored house to the museum in 1966.[5] Other historic properties managed by the museum include the Utzman-Chambers House located in Salisbury and the China Grove Roller Mill in China Grove, NC.
On the first floor are exhibits that display the history of Rowan County. The second floor of the museum features the Messinger Room which displays the remnants of a 19th-century courthouse. It is often rented for business and private events during the year. Throughout the year the museum hosts an Antique Show, Germafest, Spring Frolic, summer camps, and Old Stone Christmas.
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>>> FOR MORE THAN 250 YEARS, DOWNTOWN SALISBURY HAS BEEN CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR LIVING HISTORY AND CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS. PRODUCER KEITH BLATZ TAKES US FOR A TOUR. >> THE SMALL TOWN OF SALISBURY HAS ALWAYS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR ITS BEAUTY, BUT IT'S ALSO CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR EXPLORING LIVING HISTORY AND CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS. DOWNTOWN SALISBURY IS A REFLECTION OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND WORK HERE. THEY HAVE HELPED PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF OLD SALISBURY, AND ITS RESIDENTS ARE WHAT MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE TO SPEND THE DAY OR WEEKEND. >> SALISBURY REALLY GIVES YOU AN AUTHENTIC LOOK AT NORTH CAROLINA. IT GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF A COMMUNITY THAT HAS PRIDE IN ITSELF, THAT HAS CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE VISITORS CAN COME AND EXPERIENCE NOT ONLY THE HISTORY OF SALISBURY, BUT ALSO THE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT'S TOMORROW, WHETHER IT'S ARTS, WHETHER IT'S CULTURE, WHETHER IT'S DOWNTOWN, RESTAURANTS, THEATERS, IT REALLY IS A MICROCOSM OF EVERYTHING THAT MAKES NORTH CAROLINA GREAT. >> WALKING THROUGH HISTORIC SALISBURY IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO EXPERIENCE THE COMMUNITY AS IT WAS DURING ITS COLORFUL PAST. A SELF-GUIDED BROCHURE CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE VISITORS CENTER. THE BROCHURE WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH MANY OF THE HISTORICAL SITES THAT MAKE SALISBURY A SPECIAL AND UNIQUE PLACE. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SITES ON TOUR IS THE OLD SALISBURY TRAIN STATION. ITS BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE WILL CAPTURE YOUR ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY, AND YOU WILL QUICKLY LEARN HOW VERY SIGNIFICANT THIS STATION IS FOR THE TOWN OF SALISBURY. >> OUR SALISBURY DEPOT IS QUITE AN ICON HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SALISBURY WAS, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST TOWNS TO HAVE GAS PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ALSO TO HAVE THE RAILROAD PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR. ONE OF THE REASONS THE CONFEDERATE PRISON WAS ESTABLISHED HERE WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A RAILROAD HERE, AND SO THAT PRISONERS COULD BE BROUGHT IN AND MOVED AND TRANSPORTED AND SUPPLIES FOR THE CONFEDERATE ARMY COULD BE BROUGHT THROUGH. AND FOR TRANSPORTATION, WOW! >> WHAT MAKES SALISBURY SO CHARMING IS THE PRESERVATION OF ITS OLD-TOWN FEEL. THE TOWN HAS GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO HELP PRESERVE ITS HISTORY. THIS IS EASY TO SEE IN THE DOWNTOWN ARCHITECTURE, WHICH TOUTS A MIX OF OLD AND NEW. A GREAT PLACE TO EXPERIENCE THE FULL HISTORY AND PRESERVATION OF SALISBURY IS IN A ROWAN MUSEUM. >> WELL, THIS MUSEUM IS DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF OUR LOCAL HISTORY HERE. EDUCATION IS VERY INTEGRAL IN THAT. THE ROOM THAT WE'RE STANDING IN RIGHT NOW IS THE COMMERCE ROOM, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM, YOU SEE LOTS OF THINGS RELATED TO ADVERTISING AND TO THE SPECIFIC BUSINESSES THAT MADE THIS COMMUNITY WHAT IT IS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR LARGEST ARTIFACTS IN THIS BUILDING IS THE WAGON, AND THE WAGON, OF COURSE, IS WHAT SHOWS WHAT PEOPLE RODE IN DOWN THAT GREAT WAGON ROAD, HOW THEY PACKED UP AND BROUGHT EVERYTHING. AND SO YOUNGSTERS AND OLDSTERS ALIKE CAN SEE HOW THIS COMMUNITY WAS ESTABLISHED. >> THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY IS A PHRASE SALISBURY USES TO DESCRIBE ITSELF. THIS MIGHT BE BEST ILLUSTRATED IN A MURAL THAT THE TOWN HAS COMMISSIONED WHICH DEPICTS A STREET SCENE IN SALISBURY AS IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED IN THE 1800s. LOCATED ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE WELLS FARGO BUILDING, IT'S A MUST-SEE WHILE TOURING DOWNTOWN. >> WHAT IS REALLY AUTHENTIC ABOUT SALISBURY, AND YOU CAN SEE IT COME TO LIFE IN THE MURAL IN DOWNTOWN, YOU HAD A PROJECT WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER, COMMISSIONED AN ARTIST, AND REALLY REFLECTED WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE FOR ITSELF, WHETHER IT'S BEEN HISTORY, WHETHER IT'S BEEN PRESERVATION, AND THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THE MURAL IS, WHETHER YOU'RE A VISITOR OR A RESIDENT IS, YOU CAN SEE SOMEONE IN THE MURAL AND ACTUALLY SEE THEM WALKING ON THE STREET. SO IT IS -- IN ESSENCE, IT IS SALISBURY. IT IS WHAT MAKES US WHO WE ARE. IT IS WHERE YOU HAVE ARTS, CULTURE, BUSINESS, AND EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER IN THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN TO REALLY GIVE BACK IN AN EFFORT THAT FOLKS CAN ENJOY AND SEE. >> COME SPEND THE DAY OR EVEN A LONG WEEKEND IN THE TOWN OF SALISBURY. THERE'S SO MANY SITES TO ENJOY, YOU'LL WANT TO STAY LONGER. FROM THE RICH HISTORY TO THE PRESERVATION OF A SMALL-TOWN FEEL, THIS IS A PLACE THAT IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, UNFORGETTABLE. IN SALISBURY, FOR "NORTH CAROLINA WEEKEND."
References
- ^ "Rowan Museum". North Carolina Tourism. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ Hood, Davyd Foard (2000). The Architecture of Rowan County: A Catalogue and History of Surviving 18th, 19th, and Early 20th Century Structures (Updated and reprinted by the Historic Salisbury Foundation, Inc., 2000 ed.). Salisbury, NC: Historic Salisbury Foundation, Inc. pp. 330–331.
- ^ Blankenship, Carl (2021-07-11). "Rowan Museum kicks off summer series with historical toys". Salisbury Post. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Old Stone House". UNC Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ a b Raymond, Amanda (25 August 2016). "Old Stone House celebrating 250th anniversary this year". The Salisbury Post. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Old Stone House". Rowan Public Library. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
External links
- Rowan Museum - official site
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