CSPAN3 American Artifacts April 4, 2015
The museum. Today we are Bacons Castle. Bacons castle is on the National Register of historic sites. We are the oldest dwelling in north america. We are the oldest statewide organization in the nation. We acquired Bacons Castle in 1973. For the next 10 years in order to preserve the structure they did some of their largest Preservation Initiatives during this time period, including replacing the entire summer beam and making many repairs to the original portion of the house. It was open to the public in 1984. In 2014, celebrating its 30th year being open to the public. In 2015 we will be going...