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Broadway’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Broadway. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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According to the book, Broadway North Carolina: 1870-1970, Broadway was settled in 1870 and incorporated as a town in 1907. The name "Broadway" comes from a broad level opening in the region's vast pine forest where the town was established. Among the early settlers of the area which is now Broadway were Hugh Matthews, Grisham Thomas, Tilmon Thomas, M.M. Watson, and Captain J.O.A. Kelly. African American families that settled in the area included the Buchanans, Camerons, McLeans, Minters, and Womacks.

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Famous people close to Broadway

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JHJeff HardyCameron · 14 miMHMatt HardyCameron · 14 miBrian Tyree HenryBrian Tyree HenryFayetteville · 26 miEllen S. BakerEllen S. BakerFayetteville · 26 miHiram Rhodes RevelsHiram Rhodes RevelsFayetteville · 26 miDennis Smith Jr.Dennis Smith Jr.Fayetteville · 26 mi
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Broadway, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Broadway is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Broadway has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lee Avenue Historic District in Sanford, 5.5 miles away.

Broadway and the nearest listed places

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Lee Avenue Historic DistrictLee County CourthouseSolomon and Henry Weil HousesEast Sanford Historic DistrictSeaboard Milling CompanyRailroad House

Closest to Broadway

Lee Avenue Historic DistrictSanford · District5.5miLee County CourthouseSanford · Building6miSolomon and Henry Weil HousesMamers · Building6.2miEast Sanford Historic DistrictSanford · District6.5miSeaboard Milling CompanySanford · Building6.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Lee Avenue Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Broadway?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Broadway’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Sanford📜 Lillington📜 Cameron📜 Goldston
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