Fall is a special time in the North Carolina Piedmont. As autumn colors begin to arrive, the rich history and architecture of Salisbury is showcased in Historic Salisbury Foundation's annual OctoberTour of Historic Homes.

Visit private, historic buildings and experience Salisbury's charm in a few of its ten districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Trolley rides, living history encampments, food and craft vendors, children's activities, artists and musical entertainment make this one event you don't want to miss.

Mark your calendar for October 14 & 15, 2017 and plan your relaxing weekend getaway to historic Salisbury. For more details about OctoberTour, visit the Tour website www.OctoberTour.com.

Salisbury combines a long, colorful history with a variety of preserved and reused historic buildings.

Founded in 1753, Salisbury was a frontier town that knew the great and near-great historic figures of early America. Daniel Boone started his wilderness journey from here in 1769. Andrew Jackson studied law in this town and was admitted to the bar here in 1787. George Washington stayed in Salisbury on his famous Southern Tour in 1791.

During the War Between the States, a major Confederate prison was located here, and now a small national cemetery near the center of town is the resting place for soldiers from that war and later wars. With the establishment of the railroad in 1855, Salisbury became a mainline town that gradually attracted industry and grew as a governmental, judicial, and commercial center for this area of Piedmont North Carolina.

Currently, Salisbury has ten historic districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places, a total of 1,204 commercial, industrial, and residential buildings.

Salisbury is proud to have major buildings and elements of a southern town of a century or more earlier, including two courthouses (1855) (1912); the railroad passenger station (1908); an early theater (1915); church structures from 1828; the fire house (1896); the old post office (1913); a roller mill (1896); a lively commercial downtown with buildings largely intact from another era; and preserved older residential neighborhoods, several of which join the commercial downtown.

Thank you to our 2016 OctoberTour Sponsors

Federal

Carolyn and Gordon Hurley

Alice and Fred Stanback

Greek Revival

Gavine, Andrew & Theresa Pitner 

Bank Street Sponsor

Mona and Lee Wallace

Patrons' Porch Sponsor

Shari and Bill Graham

Trolley Sponsor

Victorian

Missie and Greg Alcorn

Craftsman

Leslie and Doug Black	Nancy and Edward Clement	Kay and Raymond Coltrain
Linda and Jack Errante	Friends of Salisbury Community Foundation	Kathi and Dennis Hill
Karen Hobson	Sarah Kellogg	Rosalie and John Laughlin
Betty and Bud Mickle	Susan and Edward Norvell	Pam and J. Alan Rutherford
Susan Sides	Nancy and Bill Stanback	Whitney and Brannon Williams
		Fisher Realty, Inc.