On Saturday, August 2, 2025, Historic Flat Rock, Inc. invites you to an Historic Home Tour in Flat
Rock, NC. After a seven-year hiatus, we are proud to be able to invite tour goers into four beautiful,
privately owned homes, all built in the 1800’s and all on the National Register of Historic Places..
Also on tour is the warm and welcoming St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church c1853. You
won’t be disappointed!
The tour includes the DUNROY estate, built c1862. Sitting on a hill overlooking a lovely park, its
story began when David Rogerson Williams purchased 97 ½ acres as a building site for he and his
wife Catherine (Kate) Boykin Miller, sister of Mary Boykin Chesnut, author of “Diary from Dixie”.
The foundation and portions of the main house were built using granite mined from the small
quarry to the south of the house. The estate now sits on 1.24 acres and is the centerpiece of “Dunroy
on Rutledge” subdivision. The present owners have completely restored the estate that includes the
original icehouse, well house and servants quarters/guest house.
RUTLEDGE COTTAGE and servant/guest house c1840. This house, one of the most charming in
Flat Rock, has an interesting history. It was built by Dr. Mitchell Campbell King for his family
while he built Glen Roy (now Kenmure Country Club and development). It was known then simply
as “The Cottage”. When Glen Roy was completed, the Cottage was sold to Elizabeth and Sarah
Pinckney Rutledge, descendants of Andrew Rutledge, 1740 settler of Charleston and of John
Rutledge, the Revolutionary War General of S.C. Thereafter the house was known as Rutledge
Cottage. The house has been restored with utmost care.
LONGWOOD c1894/98 is one of the most unique historic properties in Flat Rock. In 1898
the main part of the house we see today was built for Robert M. W. Black, thereafter known as The
Black House on Black Road! Rumors have been part of the fabric of Flat Rock that there was a
smaller house on the property, and that it served as one of the earliest schools in the area. The
house is covered in pebbledash stucco, one of the few remaining, and is a tall, intriguing house,
adapted by its present owners into a fascinating, welcoming home.
CHANTELOUP c1841, originally called “The Castle” was built by Count Joseph Marie Gabriel St.
Xavier de Choiseul, French Consul to Charleston at the time. Chanteloup lends itself to an
indulgent lifestyle and is a fascinating property, a must-see for everyone! The grounds were
designed by the legendary landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and the house redesigned
by Richard Sharp Smith, supervising architect of Biltmore House. Present owners have spent six
years refurbishing, restoring, and developing the granite manse and its lovely landscape design.
