NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 961

SENATE BILL 376

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE HOUSE IN THE HORSESHOE (ALSTON HOUSE) IN MOORE COUNTY.

 

Whereas the House in the Horseshoe (Alston House) in Moore County, built about 1770 as one of the first "large houses" in the frontier region of North Carolina, was the scene of a Revolutionary War skirmish which left numerous battle scars on the structure; and

Whereas this historic property later became the residence of Governor Benjamin Williams who developed thereon one of the first large cotton plantations in the area and whose remains now repose near the house; and

Whereas the State of North Carolina acquired the House in the Horseshoe in 1954 but lacking funds for its operation and maintenance, leased it to the Moore County Historical Association, which organization has commendably preserved it according to its financial ability since that time; and

Whereas, due to age and weathering the historic structure is in need of restoration and repair; and

Whereas, both the Moore County Historical Association and the State Department of Archives and History wish to see the property incorporated into the statewide system of State Historic Sites and brought up to a level of comparably important sites in the State to the end that it may be better cared for and more fully developed for the education and enjoyment of our citizens as a place of great historical importance; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the general fund to the State Department of Archives and History, for the maintenance and operation of the House in the Horseshoe (Alston House) in Moore County, the sum of $8,765 for the fiscal year 1971-72 and the sum of $21,378 for the fiscal year 1972-73.

Sec. 2.  In addition to the funds appropriated in Section loft his act, there is also hereby appropriated from the general fund to the State Department of Archives and History for the 1971-73 biennium the sum of $30,000 for the restoration of the House in the Horseshoe (Alston House).

Sec. 3.  This act shall be in full force and effect upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of July, 1971.