[1] Landmark name Image Date designated[2] Location County Description 1 Bentonville Battlefield June 19, 1996 (#70000460 ) Bentonville and Newton Grove 35°18′23″N 78°19′26″W / 35.306389°N 78.323889°W (Bentonville Battlefield ) Johnston Site of Battle of Bentonville 2 Bethabara January 20, 1999 (#78001948 ) Winston-Salem 36°09′16″N 80°17′55″W / 36.154444°N 80.298611°W (Bethabara ) Forsyth Area of 1753 Moravian settlement 3 Bethania Historic District August 7, 2001 (#76001321 ) Bethania 36°11′02″N 80°20′13″W / 36.183889°N 80.336944°W (Bethania Historic District ) Forsyth 4 Biltmore Estate May 23, 1963 (#66000586 ) Asheville 35°32′23″N 82°33′03″W / 35.53965°N 82.55095°W (Biltmore Estate ) 35°32′23″N 82°33′03″W / 35.53965°N 82.55095°W (Biltmore Estate ) Buncombe 5 W. T. Blackwell and Company Tobacco Factory December 22, 1977 (#74001346 ) Durham 35°59′44″N 78°54′14″W / 35.995457°N 78.903959°W (W. T. Blackwell and Company Tobacco Factory ) Durham Also known as Bull Durham Tobacco Factory. 6 Blandwood June 7, 1988 (#70000455 ) Greensboro 36°04′13″N 79°47′44″W / 36.070384°N 79.795425°W (Blandwood ) Guilford Former home of progressive North Carolina Governor John Motley Morehead, designed by New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis in the Italian Tuscan style. 7 Cape Hatteras Light Station August 5, 1998 (#78000266 ) Buxton 35°15′02″N 75°31′44″W / 35.250556°N 75.528806°W (Cape Hatteras Light Station ) Dare At 208 feet (63 m) tall, tallest lighthouse in the United States. 8 Capitol (North Carolina) November 6, 1973 (#70000476 ) Raleigh 35°46′52″N 78°38′20″W / 35.781249°N 78.638897°W (Capitol (North Carolina) ) Wake Capitol building, part of Capitol Area Historic District. 9 Chowan County Courthouse April 15, 1970 (#70000447 ) Edenton 36°03′28″N 76°36′29″W / 36.057889°N 76.607935°W (Chowan County Courthouse ) Chowan 10 Christ Episcopal Church December 23, 1987 (#87002597 ) Raleigh 35°46′52″N 78°38′16″W / 35.781146°N 78.637648°W (Christ Episcopal Church ) Wake Perhaps earliest Gothic architecture church in the South, designed in 1846 by Richard Upjohn 11 Connemara, The Carl Sandburg Farm May 23, 1968 (#68000013 ) Flat Rock 35°16′04″N 82°27′06″W / 35.267778°N 82.451667°W (Connemara, The Carl Sandburg Farm ) Henderson 12 Cooleemee June 2, 1978 (#73001334 ) Mocksville 35°51′12″N 80°24′36″W / 35.8534°N 80.41°W (Cooleemee ) Davie Innovative Piedmont plantation house influenced by designs of architect William H. Ranlett. 13 Coolmore June 2, 1978 (#71000581 ) Tarboro 35°55′29″N 77°35′46″W / 35.9248°N 77.596°W (Coolmore ) Edgecombe Plantation 14 Cupola House April 15, 1970 (#70000889 ) Edenton 36°03′28″N 76°36′33″W / 36.057856°N 76.609261°W (Cupola House ) Chowan A house with a cupola 15 Josephus Daniels House December 8, 1976 (#76001342 ) Raleigh 35°47′56″N 78°38′51″W / 35.798937°N 78.647597°W (Josephus Daniels House ) Wake Home of Josephus Daniels 16 Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory November 13, 1966 (#66000590 ) Durham 36°02′06″N 78°55′16″W / 36.035°N 78.921111°W (Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory ) Durham Homestead and factory of Washington Duke 17 Fort Fisher November 5, 1961 (#66000595 ) Wilmington 33°58′18″N 77°55′10″W / 33.9717°N 77.9194°W (Fort Fisher ) New Hanover A fort 18 Guilford Court House Battlefield January 3, 2001 (#66000069 ) Greensboro 36°07′53″N 79°50′47″W / 36.131389°N 79.846389°W (Guilford Court House Battlefield ) Guilford Partially preserved site of American Revolutionary War 's Battle of Guilford Court House 19 Hardaway Site June 21, 1990 (#84002529 ) Badin 35°24′38″N 80°06′53″W / 35.4105°N 80.1147°W (Hardaway Site ) Stanly An archaeological site 20 Hayes Plantation November 7, 1973 (#74001341 ) Edenton 36°02′53″N 76°36′08″W / 36.048189°N 76.602229°W (Hayes Plantation ) Chowan A plantation 21 Hinton Rowan Helper House November 7, 1973 (#73001336 ) Mocksville 35°54′18″N 80°36′17″W / 35.905137°N 80.604724°W (Hinton Rowan Helper House ) Davie Former home of abolitionist and author of nationally influential publication "The Impending Crisis of the South". 22 Market House November 7, 1973 (#70000451 ) Fayetteville 35°03′09″N 78°52′42″W / 35.052557°N 78.878295°W (Market House ) Cumberland Market below, town hall above 23 MONITOR June 23, 1986 (#74002299 ) Cape Hatteras 35°00′06″N 75°24′23″W / 35.001667°N 75.406389°W (MONITOR ) Dare USS Monitor shipwreck (ironclad ). 24 Pauli Murray Family Home December 23, 2016 (#100000866 ) Durham 35°59′34″N 78°54′59″W / 35.992778°N 78.916389°W (Pauli Murray Family Home ) Durham Now the Pauli Murray Center. 25 Nash-Hooper House November 11, 1971 (#71000610 ) Hillsborough 36°04′37″N 79°06′01″W / 36.077058°N 79.100232°W (Nash-Hooper House ) Orange NRHP 71000610 26 North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building May 15, 1975 (#75001258 ) Durham 35°59′45″N 78°54′03″W / 35.995911°N 78.900857°W (North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building ) Durham 1921 commercial building; second headquarters of a major black-owned insurance company. 27 NORTH CAROLINA January 14, 1986 (#82004893 ) Wilmington 34°14′06″N 77°56′34″W / 34.2349°N 77.942855°W (NORTH CAROLINA ) New Hanover NRHP 82004893. USS North Carolina (battleship ). 28 Old East December 21, 1965 (#66000596 ) Chapel Hill 35°54′38″N 79°03′03″W / 35.910618°N 79.05075°W (Old East ) Orange First building of first state university in the United States, built in 1795 29 Old Salem Historic District November 13, 1966 (#66000591 ) Winston-Salem 36°05′12″N 80°14′31″W / 36.086624°N 80.2419°W (Old Salem Historic District ) Forsyth Early Moravian settlement, now a museum 30 Palmer-Marsh House April 15, 1970 (#70000439 ) Bath 35°28′30″N 76°48′51″W / 35.474870°N 76.814170°W (Palmer-Marsh House ) Beaufort 31 Pinehurst Historic District June 19, 1996 (#73001361 ) Pinehurst 35°11′42″N 79°28′23″W / 35.1951°N 79.473164°W (Pinehurst Historic District ) Moore Resort community designed by Frederick Law Olmsted ; also includes Pinehurst Resort 32 Playmakers Theatre November 7, 1973 (#71000605 ) Chapel Hill 35°54′17″N 79°03′02″W / 35.904754°N 79.050450°W (Playmakers Theatre ) Orange Academic building in the Greek Revival style by New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis. 33 Reed Gold Mine May 23, 1966 (#66000587 ) Concord 35°17′08″N 80°28′12″W / 35.28542°N 80.46996°W (Reed Gold Mine ) Cabarrus Site of first gold discovery in United States 34 Salem Tavern January 29, 1964 (#66000592 ) Winston-Salem 36°05′07″N 80°14′30″W / 36.085336°N 80.241745°W (Salem Tavern ) Forsyth Vernacular structure erected in the eighteenth century that served as a social center of the North Carolina Piedmont. 35 Single Brothers' House April 15, 1970 (#70000454 ) Winston-Salem 36°05′15″N 80°14′32″W / 36.087560°N 80.242105°W (Single Brothers' House ) Forsyth Early vernacular structure that exemplifies the central European architectural traditions of the Moravians. 36 Town Creek Indian Mound July 19, 1964 (#66000594 ) Mount Gilead 35°10′58″N 79°55′46″W / 35.182806°N 79.929472°W (Town Creek Indian Mound ) Montgomery Archaeological site 37 Union Tavern May 15, 1975 (#75001245 ) Milton 36°32′12″N 79°12′24″W / 36.536567°N 79.206785°W (Union Tavern ) Caswell Early nineteenth century vernacular structure with strong associations with influential freedman cabinetmaker Thomas Day. 38 Thomas Wolfe House November 11, 1971 (#71000572 ) Asheville 35°35′45″N 82°32′43″W / 35.595699°N 82.545287°W (Thomas Wolfe House ) Buncombe 39 Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center January 3, 2001 (#66000071 ) Kill Devil Hills 36°01′14″N 75°40′03″W / 36.020659°N 75.667596°W (Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center ) Dare