Wooden Houses in America
Did you know that houses with wooden frames or skeletons were built in North Carolina long before the log houses? Framed houses represent a tradition of building dating from medieval times which the colonists brought from Europe.The earliest framed houses in the South have disappeared almost without a trace yet scholars may form general ideas […]
North Carolina: Moravian Ancestors
Proprietors of the Wachovia Tract: MoraviansWachovia was the name used to designate a large tract of land in the northern Piedmont of North Carolina purchased by the Moravians, or the Unity of Brethren, from John Lord Carteret, Earl Granville, in 1752. It was settled by the Moravians. There were six villages established by the Moravians […]
