Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Site

Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Site, identified by the archaeological designation Site 31MK272, is a historic archaeological location within Reedy Creek Park in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The site preserves the remains of a stone dwelling associated with the Colonial period and is also referred to as the Robinson Stone House site. Rather than being a commercial brand, it is a cultural-heritage and archaeological resource whose significance derives from the surviving ruins and their connection to the early built environment of the Charlotte area. The dwelling was probably constructed between approximately 1780 and 1810. The available reference material describes it as an eighteenth-century stone house remnant, while the estimated construction range extends into the first decade of the nineteenth century. Because only the ruins remain, the site is understood primarily through archaeological evidence and historical interpretation rather than as an intact residence. The site's name also includes the term “Plantation Site,” although the supplied source material does not provide enough detail to reconstruct the plantation's ownership, agricultural operations, occupants, or labor history. A major change in the site's context occurred in September 1979, when the City of Charlotte acquired the property for incorporation into a new park and nature preserve. Its inclusion within Reedy Creek Park placed the historic resource in a public recreational and natural setting, helping preserve the remains while integrating them into the broader park landscape. The property was subsequently recognized at the national level when it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The site does not have products, commercial offerings, executives, marketing campaigns, financial disclosures, or a conventional corporate ownership structure. Its public importance lies instead in historic preservation, archaeological documentation, and the interpretation of early settlement in Mecklenburg County. The available sources are limited, so details about the original Robinson family, the exact architectural plan, archaeological investigations, preservation treatments, public access arrangements, and the site's current interpretive facilities remain unconfirmed in this dossier.

Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Site is an archaeological property in Reedy Creek Park, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It is catalogued as Site 31MK272 and is associated with the remains of the Robinson Stone House, a Colonial-period dwelling built of stone. The surviving structure is a ruin rather than a complete historic house, and the property's significance is therefore tied to archaeological remains, historic landscape context, and evidence of early settlement in the region. The house was probably built sometime between 1780 and 1810. This range places its construction during the late Colonial period and the early years of the United States, although the supplied references do not establish a precise construction date. They also do not identify the architect, builder, original occupants, or the full extent of the associated plantation. The site's formal name indicates a connection to a plantation landscape, but the available material does not provide sufficient evidence about the property's agricultural uses, ownership succession, enslaved labor, or later residential history. Those subjects require additional primary or specialist sources before they can be described reliably. The property entered a new phase of stewardship in September 1979, when the City of Charlotte acquired it for inclusion in a planned park and nature preserve. The acquisition shifted the setting from private or historic landholding to municipal conservation and public-land management. Reedy Creek Park subsequently became the site's setting, linking the archaeological resource with a larger natural and recreational landscape. The reference material does not specify whether the ruins underwent stabilization, excavation, signage, or other preservation work after acquisition. In 2009, Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. That designation formally recognized the site's historic and archaeological value. The listing provides a national preservation framework, while the site's location in a Charlotte park gives it local public-heritage relevance. It remains best understood as a historic place and archaeological resource, not as a consumer-facing brand or operating business. The available source base is concise. It confirms the site's location, archaeological identifier, approximate construction period, municipal acquisition, and National Register status, but does not support a fuller account of the Robinson family's identity, the plantation's historical development, archaeological fieldwork, visitor programming, or current preservation condition. These areas are marked for review rather than supplemented with unsupported claims.

• 2009

  National Register of Historic Places listing

  [1]Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Siteen.wikipedia.org

  The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places, formally recognizing its historic archaeological significance.

• 1979

  Acquisition by the City of Charlotte

  [1]Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Siteen.wikipedia.org

  In September 1979, Charlotte acquired the property for incorporation into a new park and nature preserve, later associated with Reedy Creek Park.

• 1780

  Probable construction period

  [1]Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Siteen.wikipedia.org

  The stone dwelling associated with the Robinson site was probably built during the period from approximately 1780 to 1810.

A preserved archaeological and historic site representing an early Colonial-period stone dwelling in the Charlotte area.

1. 1Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Siteen.wikipedia.org