Brunswick Town
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Brunswick Town was an 18th-century colonial port settlement on the Cape Fear River that served as one of the early political and commercial centers of what is now North Carolina.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial port
ⓘ
former settlement ⓘ historic town site ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
North Carolina Sons of Liberty
ⓘ
surface form:
Stamp Act resistance in North Carolina
|
| associatedWithStructure |
Russellborough (governor’s residence)
ⓘ
St. Philip’s Anglican Church ⓘ |
| attackedBy | British forces during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| category |
Archaeological sites in North Carolina
ⓘ
Province of North Carolina ⓘ
surface form:
Colonial North Carolina
Former populated places in North Carolina ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentStatus |
archaeological site
ⓘ
state historic site ⓘ |
| declineCause | shift of trade to Wilmington ⓘ |
| destroyedInPeriod | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | mid-18th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Maurice Moore
ⓘ
colonial planters from South Carolina ⓘ |
| function |
commercial center
ⓘ
political center ⓘ port town ⓘ |
| governedBy | royal governors of North Carolina ⓘ |
| hadPortFacilities | yes ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
domestic structures
ⓘ
foundations of St. Philip’s Church ⓘ street layout ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | visitor center with exhibits ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| inception | 1720s ⓘ |
| largelyAbandonedBy | late 18th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brunswick County, North Carolina
ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Wilmington
ⓘ
surface form:
Wilmington, North Carolina
|
| locatedOn | Cape Fear River ⓘ |
| managingOrganization | North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
ⓘ
House of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form:
House of Brunswick
|
| nearbyFeature | Fort Anderson ⓘ |
| partOf |
Brunswick Town
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site
Province of North Carolina ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
lumber export
ⓘ
naval stores export ⓘ tar and pitch export ⓘ |
| servedAs |
early commercial center of colonial North Carolina
ⓘ
early political center of colonial North Carolina ⓘ |
| tourism | open to the public as a historic site ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
American Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
American Civil War (as site of Fort Anderson)
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site