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Si rtndliiR alone after
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long period of neglect, Mill Prong,
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two elory Federal
bonne, retains lid illnl IngulelliMl architectural qunlitloN which not If above thu otlim
platitnt Inn seat* In t lie portion of Itobeeon County tlwil beenmo llokn County In 1911. Hip
plant a i Ion wIili 1 1
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manor house ami cemetery, nlno rotalne the Important blntorlcal
assoc I at lotsi vh I rli ally 11 wllh the moat prominent lllghlaml Scotn famlllca In the uppor
Cape Fear region. Built In the late 18th or early 19th century by John Gilchrist (I//.0-
1802), an important political and eorlol leader of the community, the house In one of the
very low remaining house
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known to have bean built by nil Immigrant Highland Scot. Mill
1'iong remained In the Gilchrist lamlly until 1811 when Gilbert Cllrlirlot, who iidierltod
the Iiouib f row
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father, sold It to Malcolm Paterson. It wna Peterson, wlio in IH I
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Mill Prong to Archibald McKacliarii
(1/88-1871),
anothei pionlno.it ladder in both tliu
Highland Scots coimnuulty and the «Into. Mtlachnr» enjoyed the greatest benefit of Mill
Prong living there from the datu of hln pun: bn
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of thu property until bin death In 167 J-
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period «il nearly »lxty yearn. The liouia wen alJEllhir rooldant’U of his uon llQnlul Purer
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lieru (1816-1912) until hlu removal to H»d Spring* about IB»5. Thu house w.ia niihna-
quently used ns * tenant liousc and for agricultural atonige by Mr Kucher o' * descendant
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continued to (arm the plant.ylon field».
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McRachern Cemetery, several hundred yards e.
tlie non then si of the liouau, contains hoc only the graven of bulldar, John Gllclirlat and h
family, Archibald thla.lisrn and bla doacandanl* but also tbs graves of many immbets of tb.
large Highland Scots Community who established licra In the upper Cape Fear region (bo
largest settlement of llielr people In the United Stolen. It* historical significance In.
therefore, as strong as tbit of Ibe boose Itself. With the for sat loo of Mill rrong
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ncrv.it loll lo. orporai rd In March, 19/H, doner ml.inte of Mill Prong's owners, allied fnollioa
iiiiiI I r iriuln ore selling .ilioitl in mleo I lie fundil for ll'i reutoral Ion and pi ecierva t loll .in .
f oi-nii o| until liauitt and loir iprul.it Ion of l ho Impor I mil lllghlniid lleulu
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In llorth
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A. Mill I'loilg and Ihr Mil.,
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In. i u .r.n.olory luiva strong and Impure nut anno. I
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sell leirt nt and dove lopmtuu ol l ho upper Capo Fear region by the High I md Gcota who
rrukllihsd beta the largest settlemeat of their group In the United Stales. It.slf
dcsceiidcinl a have continued to dominate the social, political and economic circles of
that area to the pi 'taunt. fliln In Olio of tha few extant plantation Hast., known to
have been built for a Highland Scot I inn I grant.
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Hie house was built by John Gilchrist, a Highland Scot Immigrant, who roue to regional
prominence, serving 1 n t ho H"t t h Carolina l.cgl al at ut e from
1792-1/9/,
ami later Iho
f residence for nearly 60 years of Gol. Archibald MrKacheru, nnotlior prominent leader In
• he political .irul cultural clirlon of the Highland Scot;» Proabyier Ian '"imsunlty.
C. Mill Prong ««bodies the distinctive architectural chsractor 1st Ice of the Federal
period Including the Flemish bond chlmnuyn and well executed Federal detail, mantels,
doors, and hardware . Itn donlgu and construction document a sophistication which
nets 11 apart from lto contemporaries and neighbor»!. It also ravosln regional
vernacular characteristics, Including the plsn with two front rooms, two rear shed
rooms, with the stair rising from the rear porch. The He Far hern cemetery, whose old'
stone Is dated 1777, contains a wide range of gravemarksr forma including several
St one a crafted by George Lauder, a Scottish stonemason who worked on the llorth Caro¬
lina Capitol and Inter removed to Payattavlllo where Its practiced Ills craft until
his death In IBflfl.
