Brunswick Town State Historic Site
Brunswick Town was a prominent town in Province of North Carolina, colonial North Carolina. It was the first successful European colonization of the Americas, European settlement in the Cape Fear (region), Cape Fear region, a major Kingdom of Great Britain, British port in the 18th century, and home to two Governor of North Carolina (1712–1776), provincial governors. Brunswick Town lasted 50 years (1726–1776) until it was raided by the British Army during the American Revolutionary War and never rebuilt. During the American Civil War, 86 years after the town was abandoned, a large portion of the town was covered by Earthworks (engineering), earthworks for the construction of Fort Anderson (North Carolina), Fort Anderson. Brunswick Town became an excavation site for Cape Fear history during the 20th century. The Brunswick Town Historic District contains the ruins of 18th-century commercial and residential colonial homes, St. Philip's Church, Brunswick Town, St Philip's Churc ...
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