Monthly Archives: July 2014

BNHV’s Americana Days earlier in July featured a rather special activity this year, the School of the Civil War Soldier. The program was run by the 34th North Carolina Reenactment Group. There were about twelve young “soldiers” who spent the day learning what it was like to live a day in the life of a Civil… Read more »

This spring our Education Coordinator, Kathy, and our maintenance staff put together three large raised beds for the Elliott kitchen garden. The beds are located between the Blacksmith shop and Elliott house. The garden beds were constructed, after extensive research, to emulate what Mrs. Elliott would have had outside the home in 1851. In keeping… Read more »

BNHV’s first Behind-the-Scenes Tour was this past Saturday and focused on the importance of historic preservation along with an up close and personal look at two of our historic homes, Elliott House and Smith Log House. Guests were invited into the houses and allowed a look upstairs in both structures, something that is usually forbidden… Read more »