{"nrhp_refnum":"70000435","name":"Alamance Battleground State Historic Site","other_names":["See Also:Allen House"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"SW of Burlington on Rte. 1, off NC 62, near jct. with Rte. 1129","address_restricted":false,"city":"Alamance","county":"Alamance County","state":"NC","lat":36.00763086250004,"lon":-79.5196089839197,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-02-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 40-acre state-owned historic site of open fields and woods near Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, where the Battle of Alamance was fought on May 16, 1771. It now includes a visitor center, markers, a commemorative column and the relocated John Allen House.","why_significant":"It is the site where North Carolina colonial militia under Royal Governor William Tryon defeated the Regulators, ending a movement that had disturbed the colony for several years. The Regulators protested official corruption, excessive fees and eastern domination of the colonial government. The movement reflected tensions between coastal landowners and Piedmont farmers as settlement moved west.","narrative":"Alamance Battleground is a 40-acre tract of open fields and woods near Burlington, North Carolina, where on May 16, 1771, about 1,000 militia under Royal Governor William Tryon attacked roughly 2,000 poorly armed Regulators. Within two hours the government forces won. Nine Regulators were killed, while Tryon lost nine men and had sixty-one wounded. The Regulators were backcountry settlers protesting extortionate fees, tax collectors' abuses and eastern planters' dominance of the provincial government, after petitions and appeals failed. Twelve were later convicted of treason, and six were hanged. Over 6,000 took an oath of allegiance within six weeks. The site is state-owned and now holds a visitor center, interpretive markers, a column with plaques honoring the Regulators, moved here in 1963 from Guilford Courthouse, and the late eighteenth-century John Allen House, moved and restored in 1966. It was listed for its role in the Regulator conflict.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and altered, on its original site; open to the public without restriction and used as a park and museum. Recent additions include a visitor center, markers, a column moved in 1963 and the John Allen House, restored and moved in 1966.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.490121-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/7189/47718902/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/70000435.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000435/c4e20c9669-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000435/c4e20c9669-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Dougtone","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alamance_Battleground_State_Historic_Site_-_Burlington,_North_Carolina_-_14767515521.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dougtone</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alamance_Battleground_State_Historic_Site_-_Burlington,_North_Carolina_-_14767515521.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718902","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamance_Battleground","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4705811"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/alamance-county/alamance-battleground-state-historic-site-70000435/"}