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The Davidson County Historical Museum
....Your source for local history!
The Historical Museum is located in the 1858 Old Courthouse. Read more about our upcoming 150th Birthday Celebration.
Davidson County Historical Museum - The Museum offers a number of ways to learn about local history - through on-site exhibits and education programs, outreach programs, publications and web resources. We offer onsite permanent exhibits about the Old Courthouse and the county's development from the North Carolina backcountry into a manufacturing center during its first 200 years of history.
The Museum is located in a historic 1858 courthouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Our our website you can find more information about the Old Courthouse:
- Architecture of 1858 Courthouse
Old Courthouse Turns 150!
History of "Washington Square"
Our exhibits are always on Davidson County's local history and our relation to North Carolina and the American South. The 1910 silk wedding gown and Court artifacts shown here are part of our pernament collection.
Our Permanant Collection has over 11,000 artifacts donated, for the most part, from Davidson County citizens. The Museum also maintains a large image and archival collection.
Collections Resources
Davidson County History
Each of our exhibits is carefully researched, and often published in book form,
or on our web pages:
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A Delicious Country:
Yadkin Valley, 1670-1770
by Jim Daniel
- Geology of Davidson County & Origin of Yadkin Valley
- Native Americans in the Yadkin Valley
- European Settlement of North Carolina
- Meet Our Early Settlers
- Motivation for Immigration
- Acquiring Land in the Yadkin Valley
- Early Settlements in the Yadkin Valley
- Life on the Yadkin Valley Frontier
- History of Boone's Cave Park
- In Search of Daniel Boone
Click on the book's cover at left to read Chapter 1. Hard copies of this book can be purchased at the Museum for $5.00.
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Our Civil War Veterans
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WWII
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LOCATION:
Davidson County Historical Museum
Old Courthouse on the Square
2 South Main Street, on the Square
Lexington NC 27292
HOURS:
Open Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
& First Sunday of Month, 2:00 to 4:00 PM.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Telephone 336.242.2035, or use 'Contact Us' feature
at the bottom of the page.
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On-line Shop will be added soon!
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Davidson
County Government | 913 Greensboro Street | Lexington, North Carolina
27292 | Phone: (336) 242-2000
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