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Directions: Depart from Heritage Green Place. Turn right onto Buncombe St. At the fork of Rutherford St. and Buncombe St., take the right fork (Rutherford St). Rutherford St. will eventually become Poinsett Hwy (Hwy 25). Turn left at West Blue Ridge Dr (Hwy 153). From North Franklin Rd, turn right onto Old Buncombe Rd. The house will be on the left. (It sits back from the road.)
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In 1784, Capt. William Young, a hero
of the American Revolution, was granted the land on which the Rock House stands.
The house was constructed sometime between 1784 and 1819. According to tradition,
the house was constructed for Young's bride after his release from a British
prison. It is said that the stone for the home's construction was hauled by
oxcart from Caesar's Head and laid by a Scottish stonemason. According to
an 1875 newpaper article, the rock for the windows and doorframes came from
Caesar's Head while the rock used elsewhere came from a quarry on Young's
property. The colonial Rock House contains walls varying in size from 18 to
34 inches as well as deep recessed windows, large stone chimneys, and a large
central hall with a stairway ascending to four large bedrooms. Since its completion,
the Rock House, one of Greenville's oldest residences, has served as a stagecoach
stop, a post office, a possible fort, and its current use as a home.