by Whitney Law | Nov 24, 2020 | Buildings & Homes, Churches, Culture/Life, Middlesex History
Some thirty years after the colonists landed at Jamestown the earliest Church of England on the Middle Peninsula, Piankatank Church, was built in the area of present day Hartfield. On January 29, 1666, “seventeen Vestrymen from the parishes of Piankatank and Lancaster...
by Whitney Law | Nov 19, 2020 | Buildings & Homes, Business & Industries, Country Stores, Culture/Life, Middlesex History, Wake History
Photo Credit Betty Hart Robertson Hart’s Store was built by Edward Wright Hart who married Helen (Hida) Fleet in the mid to latter part of the 1800’s in Bushy (the early name for Wake.) In 1913, a 6 foot long marble and oak soda fountain was purchased for $350....
by Whitney Law | Nov 16, 2020 | Buildings & Homes, Culture/Life, Education & Schools, Middlesex History
A one room schoolhouse built between 1870-1871, the Hart family in Wake donated a portion of their land to the community for the purpose of building Bradley Swamp Academy. The Bradley Swamp was named for Mr. Bradley, whom legend says lost his wagon but not his mule in...