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Edenton is a deeply historic, architecture-rich rivercity beautifully built along the flat alluvial plains of the Albemarle Sound on North Carolina's inner coast. Established meticulously in 1712, it served proudly for decades as the historic first permanent capital of the colonial province of North Carolina. Today, Edenton acts as an exceptionally pristine open-air living history capsule, chronicling centuries of maritime merchant trade, famous for possessing an incredibly dense collection of authentic, unaltered 18th-century Jacobean and Federal-style mansions.
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Suggested stay: 1 day
Tour the preserved 1767 brick courtrooms inside the historic Chowan County Courthouse National Historic Landmark, photograph the rare 1886 iron screw-pile Roanoke River Lighthouse afloat, and join a scenic sunset harbor skip cruise.
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