John Haywood, State treasurer and Raleigh’s first mayor, built this Federal style structure to house his family within Raleigh’s original limits. The house, still on it’s original site, was home to his descendents until 1977 when it was left to the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of North Carolina for use as a house museum. With family portraits, furniture and fine arts, it depicts two hundred years of Raleigh’s culture. Available for weddings, receptions, parties, and special tours.