Somerset Place State Historic Site
History Museum
Why pick this one
Somerset Place offers free self-guided tours and guided interpretation of a large North Carolina plantation operating from 1785 to 1865.
Best for
- Visitors studying 19th-century plantation life
- Visitors interested in North Carolina agricultural and industrial history
- Visitors seeking free historic site admission
- Visitors exploring the history of a large plantation near Lake Phelps
Look elsewhere if
- Visitors specifically need access to the Collins House during its construction closure
- Visitors need a Sunday or Monday visit
- Visitors are seeking an indoor general-history museum rather than a plantation historic site
Specialties
- 19th-century plantation history
- African American history interpretation
- self-guided historic site tours
- guided historic site tours
What makes them different
- The site interprets an approximately 100,000-acre plantation that operated from 1785 to 1865
- The plantation produced rice, corn, oats, wheat, beans, peas, and flax and operated sawmills
- Admission and self-guided tours are free
- Guided tours are available for adults, seniors, military members, and youth
- The site remains open for self-guided and guided tours while the Collins House is closed for construction
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 2572 Lake Shore Rd, Creswell, NC 27928
- Phone
- +12523796020
- Website
- http://www.historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/somer...
- somerset@dncr.nc.gov
Services
- historic site admission
- self-guided tours
- guided tours
- digital historical resources