Editing Hillsborough, North Carolina (section)

===Historic sites===
There are numerous historical sites to visit in Hillsborough, including some dating to the late eighteenth century. More than 100 surviving late eighteenth and nineteenth-century structures help illustrate its history of prominence in the early period of the state.

In addition, numerous secondary buildings, bridges, mill sites and dams along the Eno River document the local history. Native American relics have been recovered from the sites of ancient villages thousands of years old.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visithillsboroughnc.com/content/about-hillsborough |title=About Hillsborough &#124; Historic Hillsborough, North Carolina |publisher=Visithillsboroughnc.com |access-date=March 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310142454/http://www.visithillsboroughnc.com/content/about-hillsborough |archive-date=March 10, 2015 }}</ref>

====Alexander Dickson House====
The Hillsborough Visitors Center operates from this late-18th century Quaker-plan house. It was moved from its original location {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=on}} southeast of Hillsborough to its present location in the historic district. The site includes an office used by Confederate Gen. [[Joseph E. Johnston]].

====Old Orange County Courthouse====
The [[Old Orange County Courthouse (North Carolina)|Old Orange County Courthouse]] is an 1844 Greek-revival building designed and built by local builder John Berry. The courthouse is still used for county judicial business. The circa 1760s Hillsborough Clock located atop the town courthouse was once believed to be a gift from King George III, but its origin is currently unknown. It was first placed in the town church, then moved to the Market House. In 1781, David Fanning and the Tories raided the town, seized the bell of the clock, and threw it into the Eno River, but it was fished out by the people at war's end, the clock was fixed, given new weights, and placed in the courthouse where it still works today over 250 years later. It is one of the five oldest functioning tower clocks in the USA today.<ref>{{cite book| chapter=The Old Town Clock | title=Old Time Stories of the Old North State  | date=1903  | pages=134–140}}</ref>

====Ayr Mount====
[[Ayr Mount]] is an 1815 Federal-era plantation house, restored and furnished with period antiques and fine art. The estate includes the {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=on}}-long Poet's Walk.

====Green Hill====
[[Green Hill (Hillsborough, North Carolina)|Green Hill]] is a Federal-style plantation house. It was built circa 1750-1784 for George Johnston. It was moved in the late 1960s from its original location approximately 12  miles south of Hillsborough.

==== Parks-Richmond House (The Inn at Teardrops) ====
[[File:HILLSBOROUGH HISTORIC DISTRICT, ORANGE COUNTY.jpg|alt=|thumb|The Inn at Teardrops]]
The name comes from the teardrop-shaped glass on the front doors and the molding around the eaves of the house. The property was owned by Edmund Fanning until 1768, when he sold it to Thomas King, an inn keeper.

The main body of the present structure might be King's old inn. Notable eighteenth-century owners include General Thomas Person, Peter Malett, William Duffy, and John Taylor, who was clerk of the Superior Court from 1800 to 1845.

In 1938, the J.W. Richmond family bought the property and renovated the house as a private residence. After additional renovations, Richmond adapted it as 'The Inn at Teardrops', a [[bed and breakfast]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://innatteardrops.com/home/ |title=The Inn at Teardrops - Historic Downtown Hillsborough |date=November 21, 2014 |website= |access-date=September 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121114824/http://innatteardrops.com/home/ |archive-date=November 21, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Margaret Lane Cemetery====
Margaret Lane Cemetery, sometimes called the Old Slave Cemetery, first appears in written records in 1885.  It is believed that Peter Brown Ruffin, a landowner and employer to the west of Hillsborough, bought the two {{convert|1|acre|ha|abbr=on|adj=on}} lots that comprise the cemetery from the town in 1854 to use as a burial ground.<!-- Before or after slaves being buried here? -->

====Historic Occoneechee Speedway Trail====
[[Occoneechee Speedway]], just outside Hillsborough, was one of the first two [[NASCAR]] tracks to open in 1949. The track was made up of dirt. It is one of two tracks remaining from that inaugural season, [[Martinsville Speedway]] being the other. Today, the site has been preserved as a trail.

The Historic Occoneechee Speedway Trail (HOST) is a {{convert|3|mi|km|abbr=on|adj=on}}-trail located on {{convert|44|acre|m2}} at the site of the former Speedway.  [[Bill France, Sr.|Bill France]] and the early founders of NASCAR bought land to build a {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=on|adj=on}} oval track at Hillsborough, but opposition from local religious leaders prevented the track from being built in the town. Instead, NASCAR officials moved their project to Alabama, where they built the large [[Talladega Superspeedway]] in [[Talladega, Alabama|Talladega]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historichillsborough.org/images/Speedway-Complete.pdf |title=Racing vs. Religion |access-date=July 16, 2007 |publisher=Historic Hillsborough |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008210038/http://www.historichillsborough.org/images/Speedway-Complete.pdf |archive-date=October 8, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Poplar Hill ====
A former house once owned by [[Julian Carr (industrialist)|Julian Carr]] named [[Poplar Hill (Hillsborough, North Carolina)|Poplar Hill]] is located in the town's historic district.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/never-go-back-couple-says-haunted-hillsborough-home-has-hidden-history-2/|title='Never go back' – couple says haunted Hillsborough home has hidden history|date=November 2019}}</ref> It was moved from its original location south of the [[Eno River]] in 1980.

====National Register of Historic Places====
Numerous other properties in Hillsborough are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

They include the [[Bellevue Manufacturing Company]], [[Burwell School]], [[Cabe-Pratt-Harris House]], [[North Carolina Polytechnic Academy|Commandant's House]], [[Eagle Lodge]], [[Eno Cotton Mill]], [[Faucett Mill and House]], [[Hazel-Nash House]], [[Heartsease (Hillsborough, North Carolina)|Heartsease]], [[Holden-Roberts Farm]], [[Jacob Jackson Farm]],<!-- King Street Tavern --> [[Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina)|Montrose]], [[Moorefields]], [[Murphey School]], [[Nash Law Office]], [[Nash-Hooper House]], [[Rigsbee's Rock House]], [[Ruffin-Roulhac House]], [[Sans Souci (Hillsborough, North Carolina)|Sans Souci]], [[St. Mary's Chapel (Hillsborough, North Carolina)|St. Mary's Chapel]], and [[St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and Churchyard]]. The [[Hillsborough Historic District]] is also listed on the NRHP.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20110909.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=September 9, 2011|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/29/11 through 9/02/11|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>