While visiting Raleigh for the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, I had the opportunity to visit the Mordecai Historical Park. The park is located in the Elmwood Section of Raleigh, just a few blocks from the State Capitol Building.
During my visit the build were closed but I was permitted to walk the ground. The centerpiece of the park is the Mordecai House which was built in 1785. The House was named after Moses Mordecai, who lived her with his first wife Margaret Lane. Margaret had inherited the house from her father Henry Lane. After Margaret died, Moses married her sister Ann. In 1826 the house was enlarged and took on the features of a Greek Revival Mansion. The mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Place in 1970.
Also located in the park is the original birthplace of President Andrew Johnson. The building originally stood a few miles from its current location in the Mordecai Historical Park. Over the years the building was dismantle and move to several location in the Raleigh Area. In 1975 the building was moved here, to the Mordecai Historical Park.
Here is a short video taken during my short visit to the Mordecai Historical Park.
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