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Next event · November 12, 2026
Join PZ's Annual Zebulation Celebration November 12, 2026
An evening of local preservation awards, a barbecue dinner, and this year's Zebulon Memory Project film at the Olde Raleigh Distillery.
Sidney Perry, left, and his son Chris Perry will be featured for their service as Fire Chiefs in Zebulon in our upcoming film. Photo by MaryBeth Carpenter c 2026
Historic districts, buildings, and landscapes that embody important elements of the history and culture of the Town of Zebulon, North Carolina.
What is at stake
Buildings come down quietly
A house is gone in a morning, and the record of who lived in it goes with it unless somebody wrote it down first.
The people who remember are older
Roughly seventeen oral histories are recorded. Every year we wait, the list of people we can still ask gets shorter.
No town funding
Preservation Zebulon receives no funding from the Town of Zebulon. Members, sponsors, and ticket buyers carry the work.
Three ways to take part
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Come to an event
Zebulation, tours, and the Time Capsule burial are open to everyone.
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Share your story
Your family's photographs and recollections become part of the record.
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Contributing structures in district
160
Acres inside district boundary
2022
Listed on National Register
4
Consecutive sold-out Zebulations
Upcoming events
From the Memory Project
Places
Jernigan Furniture
Another Legacy Furniture Store Takes Whitley Building By MaryBeth Carpenter Jernigan Furniture, a Goldsboro-based family furniture business ...
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People
Elizabeth Ellet
Elizabeth Ellett: Celebrating Zebulon’s First Female Commissioner By MaryBeth Carpenter In 1957, Zebulon residents elected their first woman...
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Civic Groups
Zebulon Lions Club Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Zebulon Lions Club Celebrates 75th Anniversary By Jane and Waddell Mitchell Lionism has existed as an association since June 7, 1917. Lion...
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SUPPORT THE WORK
Zebulon's history stays here because people keep it here.
Membership and gifts fund the films, the tours, the plaques, and the archive. None of it comes from the Town.