Historic Hillsborough Excursion Day June 24

Schedule for Historic Hillsborough Excursion Day

• 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Alexander Dickson House, Ayr Mount, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Occaneechi Replica Village, Masonic Lodge, Burwell School Historic Site, and the Orange County Historical Museum
• 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Dickerson Chapel
• 1 p.m.: Special Docent-led Schoolhouse Tour at the Burwell School
• 1 to 2:30 p.m.: Ghosts of Hillsborough at the Old Town Cemetery – Hosted by the Orange County Historical Museum

Alexander Dickson House

• Dickson House history & preservation exhibit
• Whit’s Frozen Custard in the garden
• Welsh fusiliers & firing Demonstrations

Ayr Mount

• Family friendly brickmaking demonstration
• Self-guided house tours

Burwell School Historic Site

• Kids’ games on the lawn
• Schoolhouse tour and self-guided house tours

Dickerson Chapel

• Chapel tour

Eagle Lodge #19

• Historic tours of the building

Orange County Historical Museum

• Kids’ Space reopening and Ghosts of Hillsborough (see below)
• Evening cocktails at Yonder Bar

Occaneechi Replica Village

• Village grounds open

St. Matthews Episcopal Church

• Grounds open for self-guided tours

Ghosts of Hillsborough

The ghosts of six people who lived in Hillsborough in the 1700s and 1800s will be on hand in the Old Town Cemetery to talk about their lives… and deaths. Stop in the Orange County Historical Museum, 201 N Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC, at any time from 1 to 2:30 PM to pick up a map to find the ghosts. Free and open to all.