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Visiting Hayes Farm
Just across beautiful Queen Anne Creek a short walk from historic downtown Edenton, there’s a farm on the Albemarle Sound that has been here since

Enjoying Fall in Edenton
In some parts of the country, fall has been around for a while and winter is getting close. But here in Edenton, the leaves are

‘Les Misérables’ meets ‘Hamilton’: the new musical Spill the Tea! Coming to Edenton
It all Begins on Broadway Laurie Edwards was a Broadway child. Her father was a Broadway ticket-taker, so Laurie was raised in the theatre. She

Five Days at the Fairgrounds: The Chowan County Regional Fair Returns
The Chowan County Regional Fair returns Tuesday, September 29 through Saturday, October 3 The fair began in 1947 as the American Legion Fair, and the

How Edenton Saved the Cupola House
On a corner of Broad Street near the Edenton waterfront, looking out over Edenton Bay, surrounded by flowers bursting with color, stands the Cupola House.

Five Things We Do to Make It Easy to Visit Edenton
Some towns make you work for a good visit. Apps to download, parking garages to pay for, no clear sense of where anything is. You

The Last of Its Kind: Edenton’s 1886 Roanoke River Lighthouse
Some landmarks keep you far away. This one you can walk right into. Out at the edge of Colonial Park there stands a squat little

The 1767 Chowan County Courthouse
Some buildings come and go without much fanfare. Others seem to hold a town together. In Edenton, that building has been standing since 1767. Walk

Edenton by Boat
If the Penelope Barker House is Edenton’s living room, Edenton Bay is the front porch, and the Albemarle Sound is our front yard. For centuries,

Honoring Juneteenth in Edenton
On June 19th, we mark the day in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and announced that the enslaved people of

The Albemarle Sound-the thing that made Edenton.
Long before the courthouse, the Cupola house, and the georgeous homes and buildings that make up Edenton’s historic downtown, there was the water. The Albemarle

7 Reasons to Go to an Edenton Steamers Game This Summer
Baseball. The word alone says summer. Warm evenings. Fresh cut grass. Hot dogs. Cold drinks. Kids running around with snow cones. The crack of a