The Historic Albemarle Tour or Historic Albemarle Highway is a tour route located in northeastern North Carolina. The tour follows several U.S. and State highways in the seventeen county region, identifying historic sites and towns, marked with brown signs with the George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle coat of arms.
Route description
The tour route is not a linear route, like most scenic routes, but a collection of several highways in the region. The following list are the component highways that make-up the tour route:
Highway Route Sites of InterestWilliamston–VA state lineWashington–VA state lineWilliamston–Whalebone JunctionBarco–Whalebone JunctionNC 561–VA state lineWashington–Whalebone JunctionHalifax–VA state linePitt-Martin county line–MurfreesboroNC 99–VA state lineBarco–SligoUS 64–US 17US 264–NC 99/NC 306Pantego–NC 32Sligo–VA state lineUS 13–US 258/NC 561US 301–US 258
Sites Aurora Fossil Museum Bath, the oldest continuously inhabited town in North Carolina Belhaven Memorial Museum, currently housed in Belhaven City Hall, in the town of Belhaven Camden County Welcome Center, located on the Dismal Swamp Canal Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station located in Rodanthe Columbia Corolla, location of the Currituck Beach Light Edenton, former colonial capital of the province of North Carolina Elizabeth City Frisco Native American Museum in Frisco, North Carolina Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras Village Halifax, location of the Fourth Provincial Congress, which authorized the Halifax Resolves Hertford Hope Plantation, a restored antebellum plantation house near Windsor Jackson Museum of the Albemarle North Carolina Aquariums with locations in Manteo, Fort Fisher, and Pine Knoll Shores Ocracoke Plymouth Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo Somerset Place, a restored antebellum plantation house near Creswell Tarboro Williamston Windsor
History The tour route was established in 1975 by the North Carolina General Assembly, which included designated highways, locations and signage. A 1977 act amended the original law to expand the list of designated highways and locations.
References
External links Historic Albemarle Tour Historic Albemarle Tours Historic Albemarle Highway