Charlotte Museum Of History

The Charlotte Museum of History and Hezekiah Alexander Homesite comprise multiple venues on an eight-acre wooded campus in east Charlotte. The oldest structure, and the reason for the museum’s location, is the Hezekiah Alexander House, a 5,000- square foot rock house. The Hezekiah Alexander House is the oldest surviving house in Mecklenburg County. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it was built circa 1774 and still stands on its original site. The house is accompanied by a reproduction log kitchen, barn, and reconstructed two-story springhouse. In the 1940s, the Methodist Home acquired the house and the surrounding land.  In 1949, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) leased the house and adjoining property from The Methodist Home in order to restore the badly deteriorated “Rock House.” A committee of all the Charlotte DAR chapters ran the site and kept the house open for periodic visitation.