{"nrhp_refnum":"70000461","name":"Alexander, Hezekiah, House","other_names":["Old Rock House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3500 Shamrock Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.23215973900005,"lon":-80.76637395399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story stone house over a high basement at 3420 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, built in 1774 by Hezekiah Alexander and known as the Old Rock House.","why_significant":"The house is possibly the only surviving structure that belonged to a framer of North Carolina's first state constitution, Hezekiah Alexander. It is also one of the few surviving examples in the state of a stone house type influenced by German settlers from Pennsylvania.","narrative":"Built in 1774 on a tract of land on a branch of Sugar Creek, the Old Rock House in Charlotte was the home of Hezekiah Alexander, a blacksmith turned farmer who lived there until his death in 1801. The house is built of native Piedmont stone laid in a random pattern with oystershell mortar, with walls two feet thick, two full stories and a high basement. Its form reflects the influence of German settlers who moved from Pennsylvania to Mecklenburg and neighboring counties in the 1750s and 1760s, and it is one of the few surviving examples of this type in North Carolina. Alexander served on the Mecklenburg County Committee of Safety, the Salisbury District Committee of Safety and the Fifth Provincial Congress, which wrote the first state constitution, and later served as a regimental paymaster. The house is possibly the only surviving structure belonging to a framer of that constitution. Later alterations changed some original features, and a restoration was being planned.","period_of_significance":"1722-1801","architect_builder":"Hezekiah Alexander (built the house, 1774)","architectural_style":"Stone house reflecting German emigrant influence from Pennsylvania","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in fair condition and altered, on its original site, with preservation work in progress and a museum use; a restoration was planned by a private foundation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:55.84181-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/7213/47721324/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/70000461.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000461/ef625fcdfd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000461/ef625fcdfd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Frances Benjamin Johnston","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hezekiah_Alexander_stone_house,_Charlotte_vicinity_(Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Frances Benjamin Johnston</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hezekiah_Alexander_stone_house,_Charlotte_vicinity_(Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721324","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1774_Alexander_Rock_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15713063"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/alexander-hezekiah-house-70000461/"}