old stone house museum

This museum is not always open but has special events that feature period crafts, food and historical materials. The house, which was built in the 1860s as a plantation home has been restored to it's period features and furniture. The same restorer who helped restore Old Salem Village in Winston-Salem worked on this project. It is owned by the Rowan County museum which is located in Salisbury, NC... the Old Stone House is south of Salisbury off Hwy. 52 and is actually located in Granite Quarry, NC. We attended a colonial Christmas celebration held over the weekend after Christmas. This is an annual event. It featured volunteers in period costumes who told the history of each room in the house, cooked some traditional food that you could sample outside over an open fire. There was also period music, weaving, hunting and black powder gun demos, candle making and a vendor booth where herbs, spices and historical books could be purchased.