1866 . . .
Silas Alexander Sharpe was eager to move his young family from the plantation home of his wife's family to his dream house on Center Street just south of town. It was an ideal location for the successful owner of the Sharpe Tannery which was located only one block south of the house. He was finally able to set aside his duties as colonel of a NC militia unit and resume civilian life. It was time to accept the defeat of the Confederacy and begin the process of healing. And for him, the way to start was by getting settled in a stylish and expansive house he had started building almost a decade before.
. . . 2010
The Silas Alexander Sharpe Foundation has struggled for years with a problem facing many groups charged with caring for historic houses: "How do we bring this piece of the past into the 21st century?" The answers aren't easy and there is no one-size-fits all solution. So over the course of the next few months, we'll be trying a lot of new things. Not all of them will be successful, others will. It's going to be interesting to see where this journey takes us!
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