Hezekiah Alexander and Hugh Torance Homes - Mecklenburg, NC

Hezekiah Alexander House - "The Rock House"

The Hezekiah Alexander House was built in 1774 and is the oldest stone house in Mecklenburg County, NC.  The home has been preserved and restored by several local chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  This house is in the style built by Germans in Pennsylvania and the Dutch of the Hudson Valley.  Many of the Germans who moved to North Carolina brought this style of architecture with them.  

 Through the years of restoration by the D.A.R

 The Mason's Mark above.  

 Another Mason Mark 

This building was built over a cool spring and was available to all who passed on the road beside it.  Travelers could water their animals and come inside for sundries.  

The Hugh Torance House and Store

Hugh is a Revolutionary War Veteran and his home and store are the oldest surviving structures in Mecklenburg County that date to the 1770's.  The store operated until 1825.  

James K Polk's Birthplace - Pineville, NC

James Knox Polk, 11th President, was born on this land, covering 150 acres,  owned by his father.  James' grandfather fought in the Revolution and his mother is said to have descended from the Presbyterian Reformer John Knox.  James, the oldest of ten, spent much of his childhood here before the family moved to Tennessee to join his paternal grandfather.  While this is not the original log cabins they are replicas of the homes of the time period.  

The relocated Polk Family Cemetery.  The original location of the cemetery was in the way of a highway and construction, so the family members, including James K's grandmother, were relocated here.