Flat Rock Historic District
Flat Rock Historic District is a national historic district located at Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 55 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site associated with estates centering on the ambitious summer houses of the prominent Charlestonians. The homes includes notable examples of Stick Style / Eastlake Movement, Second Empire, and Gothic Revival residential architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, also known as Connemara. Other notable estates include Mountain Lodge, Argyle, Beaumont, Tall Trees, Many Pines, Chanteloupe, Teneriffe, Rutledge Cottage, Dunroy, Treholm-Rhett House home of George Trenholm, Kenmure, Vincennes home of William Elliott, Sallie Parker House, Enchantment, Bonclarken, Saluda Cottages, Tranquility, and the Rhue House. Also located in the district is St. John-in-the-Wilderness church and rectory, the Old Post Office, Woodfield Inn, The Lowndes Place.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973; its boundaries were adjusted in 2015.
