Helper, Hinton Rowan, House
Historic house in North Carolina, United States in Mocksville, North Carolina. Added to the National Register in 1973, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Hinton Rowan Helper House is a historic house on United States Route 64 outside Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina. Built on land that once belonged to Daniel Boone, it was the childhood and early adult home of Hinton Rowan Helper (1829-1909) whose The Impending Crisis of the South was an influential antislavery work that inflamed tensions in 1860. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | U.S. 64 off I-40, Mocksville, NC |
| County | Davie County |
| Listed | Nov 7, 1973 |
| Reference number | 73001336 |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | U.S. 64 off I-40, Mocksville, NC |
| Coordinates | 35.90708, -80.60451 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Guilford Courthouse National Military Park · 45 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | W. Kerr Scott Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room 38 mi · Dam Site Shelter 38 mi · Fish Dam Creek Park 38 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 73001336. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.