Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Waterside Theatre

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site preserves the location of the first English settlement in North America.

Fort Raleigh during reconstruction (1950)

The historic site is off of U.S. Highway 64 on the north end of Roanoke Island, North Carolina. The fate of Sir Walter Raleigh's "Lost Colony" remains a mystery. The site is also home to the outdoor symphonic drama Paul Green's The Lost Colony, performed in the Waterside Theatre during the summer since 1937 and presented by the Roanoke Island Historical Association. Within the historic site are the Elizabethan Gardens, managed by the Garden Club of North Carolina, created as a memorial to the first colonists and as an example of a period garden.

Administrative history

The National Historic Site was established on April 5, 1941. As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. Fort Raleigh is co-managed with two other Outer Banks parks, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and is the location of the group headquarters.

Reference

• The National Parks: Index 2001–2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.

External links

• Official NPS site: Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
• Roanoke Island Historical Association: The Lost Colony drama
• North Carolina Gardens (site includes The Elizabethan Gardens)
• The Elizabethan Gardens