Rock House Road

South Carolina · United States · Road

The road runs alongside the Kings Mountain battleground. The stone house that gave it the name is still standing and can be seen one day a year.

Rock House Road at Blacksburg, South Carolina runs alongside the Kings Mountain battleground, where in 1780 a Patriot militia destroyed a Loyalist force in an hour of fighting that changed the course of the war in the south.

The road takes its name from a house built of stone in the early 1800s. It is still standing, and it can be viewed only one day a year, which is the detail that gives the place its atmosphere before any story is told.

The legend concerns a family who lived in it. By every account they were happy.

What happened to them is where the versions diverge and none of them has been documented.

The battlefield is a national military park. The house is on protected ground and the single open day is the only lawful way to see it.

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Where is Rock House Road located?

Rock House Road is in South Carolina, United States.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.