Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Landscape: Cultural Landscape Inventory, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, National Park Service
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. and John Milner Associates, Inc.. 2010. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Landscape: Cultural Landscape Inventory, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, National Park Service. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 550168. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Southeast Regional Office/CLI Database
The Fort Raleigh National Historic Site landscape is located on the northern end of Roanoke Island in Dare County, North Carolina. Roanoke Island is located between the mainland of North Carolina and the barrier islands known as the North Carolina Outer Banks. The National Historic Site is approximately three miles north of the town of Manteo and eight and one-half miles northwest of the town of Wanchese. Roanoke Sound forms the northern boundary of the historic site and is visible from several areas of the site. The National Historic Site is accessible from U.S. Highway 264, which intersects the property at the south end. U.S. Highway 264 and U.S. Highway 64 are the primary roads from the mainland to the northern portion of the Outer Banks and since the 1920s the principal route to Roanoke Island. An access road off U.S. Highway 264 leads to the administrative offices, visitor center, and parking lot. A paved pathway leads visitors to the reconstructed fort, an early commemorative marker, and the Waterside Theatre. Additional features include a park roadway leading to the maintenance facilities, park quarters, and the Dough Cemetery—a graveyard for members of the Dough family who once owned property now included within the National Historic Site. The National Historic Site retains a park-like quality with forest cover, wetlands, and landscaped grounds as well as asphalt drives and parking facilities. Most of the National Historic Site is wooded, but there are open expanses including areas in the vicinity of the Waterside Theatre, the visitor center, the reconstructed fort, and the western edge of the park near the Dough Cemetery. Partners with the Park include the Roanoke Island Historical Association (RIHA), which produces the outdoor drama The Lost Colony. The park owns and maintains the Waterside Theatre facilities. There is a separate entrance to the theater from the parking lots for the nightly presentation of the play. Also located within the National Historic Site is the Elizabethan Gardens, which is owned by the RIHA and leased to the Garden Club of North Carolina, which is responsible for its management.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.; John Milner Associates, Inc.
- Date of Issue
- 2010-07-15
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- FORA , SER
- Keywords
- Dare County, Dough Cemetery, Elizabethan Gardens, Fort Raleigh, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Freedmen's Colony, Lost Colony, Mission 66, National Historic Site, North Carolina, Outer Banks, Raleigh Colony, Roanoke Island, Waterside Theatre