Annual Report 2016-2017

Idea Forum 2017

On May 2, 2017, the Tar River Center for History and Culture hosted a forum to solicit ideas from the public on future directions for the center.
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2017-2018 Lecture Series Set

Center Releases Annual Report for 2016-2017

Idea Forum 2017

2017 Historic Homes Tour

2016-2017 Lecture Series Set

Center Supports Exhibition of Pastel Franklin County Landscapes by Betty McKinne

2015-2016 Annual Report Released

Foundation Publishes Reprint of Gray Map of Louisburg

Lecture Highlights Franklin County's First Home Extension Agent, March 3

Franklin County School Desegregation Is Topic of Oct. 19 Forum

Center Announces 2015-16 Lecture Series

Center Releases Second Annual Report

Louisburg Historic District Tour Booklet Published

The Tar River Center for History and Culture Foundation, Inc. has published a 34-page booklet, Tour Historic Louisburg, North Carolina
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Center Promotes Louisburg Historic District

Beginning May 9, 2015, the Tar River Center for History and Culture will sponsor a "Second Saturday" guided tour of the Louisburg Historic District.
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Center Receives Grant for Oral History Project

The Tar River Center for History and Culture Foundation, Inc. has received a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, to undertake an oral history of school desegregation in Franklin County.
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The Early Development of the Tar River Valley

The Early Development of the Tar River Valley of North Carolina is the focus of the 2014-2015 lecture series of the Tar River Center for History and Culture.
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Center Develops 3-Year Strategic Plan

The Tar River Center for History and Culture has developed a strategic plan for the period 2014-2017. According to Maury York, the center's director, the plan was crafted in response to suggestions made at a well-attended public meeting...
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Dr. William Dunstan to Give Book Talk on Louisburg College, Franklin County Connections

Dr. William E. Dunstan, who has taught history at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina for more than twenty-five years, will give a book talk at Louisburg College on Thursday, October 16, at 7 p.m. in the Benson Chapel. The presentation is free and open to the public.
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TRCHC Releases 1st Annual Report

TRCHC Honors Joseph E. Elmore

May 1, 2014

On Thursday, May 1, 2014 - exactly 149 years after thousands of Union troops pitched their tents on the campuses of Louisburg Female College and Louisburg Male Academy before continuing their march from Raleigh to Washington, D.C....Read More

Center Installs Civil War Trails Marker on Campus

January 9, 2014

In December 2013, the national Civil War Trails program installed on the Louisburg College campus a marker commemorating the encampment of Union troops following the Civil War...Read More

Foundation Incorporated

The office of the North Carolina Secretary of State on December 13, 2013, incorporated the Tar River Center for History and Culture Foundation. The foundation will seek funds with which to carry out the work of the Tar River Center for History and Culture. Work has begun on the application to the Internal Revenue Service for 501 (c) (3) status.

Center Receives Grant for Lecture Series

The North Caroliniana Society, Inc. has awarded the Tar River Center for History and Culture a grant of $500 in support of the center's 2013-2014 Lecture Series. "We are grateful to the North Caroliniana Society for its outstanding support," said Maury York, director of the TRCHC. The North Caroliniana Society, founded in 1975 and based in Chapel Hill, is dedicated to the promotion of increased knowledge and appreciation of North Carolina's heritage.

TRCHC Releases Report

The Tar River Center for History and Culture has released a report summarizing the exciting meeting held at the Louisburg Training Center on September 19, 2013, to solicit ideas for charting the future of the organization. Read the report here.