House-In-the-Horseshoe
Landmark And Historical Building
Why pick this one
House-in-the-Horseshoe is a ca. 1770 plantation house tied to a 1781 American Revolution attack and former governor Benjamin Williams.
Best for
- Learning about North Carolina's American Revolution history
- Viewing colonial and Revolutionary War-era antiques
- Visiting a historic plantation house near Sanford
Look elsewhere if
- An open historic attraction is required, because the site is temporarily closed during visitor-center construction
What makes them different
- Ca. 1770 plantation house on a horseshoe bend in the Deep River
- Site of a 1781 American Revolution attack led by British loyalist David Fanning
- Later home of four-term North Carolina governor Benjamin Williams
- Features antiques from the colonial and Revolutionary War eras
- Temporarily closed while construction on a new visitor center is underway
- Serves
- Sanford
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 288 Alston House Rd, Sanford, NC 27330
- Phone
- +19109472051
- Website
- https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/house-horseshoe
- horseshoe@dncr.nc.gov
Services
- historic site visitation