Fourteen blocks on the Register of Historic places best describes downtown and the unique location of this Henderson Bed and Breakfast. Within 30 minutes you can browse antiques in one of five small historic towns. Henderson is a town on the move upwards with a magnificent new library and grand plans for growing as the Research Triangle expansion reaches out to the four county area including the proximity of this Henderson Bed and Breakfast. Kerr Lake has 850 miles of shoreline for unlimited water sports and convenient lodging neaarby at Lamplight Inn, a country Bed and Breakfast and Tobacco Farm Camp. Fishing Tournaments and Sailing Regattas from April through November and the Fourth of July Spectacular show along with the campgrounds on the lake keep the area alive. But the Show, Shine, Shag and Dine on the third week of October is the grand event of the year to bring visitors to the Henderson Bed and Breakfast. Drive-in movies are still alive at the Raleigh Road Outdoor Theatre with first run features. Besides the museum display at the beautiful new library, the Henderson Institute Historical Museum celebrates the 1887 establishment of the Freedmans educational complex. Among the old churches in the area is St John's Episcopal,the oldest frame church and the only remaining Anglican Church in the diocese of North Carolina. The Confederate Cemetary as the resting place for 52 soldiers that died at the Kittrel Springs Hotel is a Civil War Trail Site. The other trails in the area are Bicycle , NC Peidmont Birding Trail and the Agritourism art and cultural roads.