In the summer and spring, bright flowers surround this white plantation house whose name comes from its location on a horseshoe bend in the The Deep River. The house (ca. 1770) was first owned by Philip Alston, whose band of Whigs was attacked in 1781 by Tories led by David Fanning. Later, four-term North Carolina governor Benjamin Williams lived in the house, which today features fine antiques of the colonial and Revolutionary War eras. Site of a Revolutionary War Battle re-enactment every August. Open Tuesday – Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Sundays, Mondays, and major holidays.
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Other Area Attractions
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James Rogers McConnell AIR Museum
![Turn and Burn pottery](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/turn-and-burn-430x250-1.jpg)
Museum of NC Traditional Pottery
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Glassblown-768x1024.jpg)
Starworks
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/REc-Room-915x1024.webp)
Rec Room Bar + Arcade
![NC Literary Hall of Fame](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nc-literary-hall-of-fame-430x250-1.jpg)
North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Sunrise-Theater-1024x768.jpg)
Sunrise Theater
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/mound_0.jpg)
Town Creek Indian Mound
![NC Taxidermy Hall of Fame](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/taxidermy-hall-of-fame-430x250-1.jpg)
Taxidermy Hall of Fame of NC
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Wee-Pines-Mini-Golf.jpg)
Wee Pines at Olmsted Village
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/rankin-museum-mining-430x250-1.jpg)
Rankin Museum of American Heritage in Ellerbe, NC
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/mb_farm_out_building.jpg)
Malcolm Blue Farm
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BHAWK.png)
BHAWK- Brad Halling American Whiskey Ko.
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Power-House.jpg)
PowerHouse Indoor Batting
![Discovery Place Kids - Rockingham](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Discovery_Place_Kids-430x250-1.jpg)
Discovery Place Kids
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/The-Old-HArdware-Store-1024x683.jpg)
Cameron Historic District
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fairbarn-exterior.jpg)
The Fair Barn
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Aberdeen-Postmasters-House-1024x768.jpg)
Aberdeen Postmaster’s House
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Foodie-Tours.webp)
Foodie Tours
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/zoo_zebra_0.jpg)
North Carolina Zoological Park
![Carolinas Golf Association Hall of History](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cga-hall-of-history-430x250-1.jpg)
Carolinas Golf Association Hall of History
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/James-Creek-Cider-House-1024x1024.jpg)
James Creek Cider House
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/walthour-moss-450x450-1.jpg)
Walthour-Moss Foundation
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Reverie-hill-1024x768.jpg)
Reverie Hill Farm
![Red's Corner Southern Pines](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/redscorner_4.png)
Red’s Corner
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lavender-Farm-1024x768.jpg)
Lazy Fox Lavender Farm
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Aberdeen_train_station-process-sc1440x776-q100-t1462373249-1-1024x552.jpg)
Aberdeen Railroad Museum & Railroad Club
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carthage_museum.jpg)
Carthage Museum
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/asom-ext-2-430x250-1.jpg)
Airborne & Special Operations Museum
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/scc-horticultural-gardens-visitor-center_0.jpg)
Sandhills Horticultural Gardens
![Horse and rider jumping fence.](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/carolina_horse2.jpg)
Carolina Horse Park
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Southern-Pines-Walking-tours.jpg)
A Step In Time Walking Tours
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/old-sport-gallery-430x250-1.jpg)
Old Sport & Gallery
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Tufts-Archive-2-1024x622.jpg)
Tufts Archives
![Sandhills Women's Exchange](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sandhills-womens-exchange-pinehurst-430x250-1.jpg)
Sandhills Woman’s Exchange
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Sandhills-Ten-image-1024x768.jpg)
Carolina Cinemas Sandhills 10 Theater
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Design-Market.jpg)
Design Market Service
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/the_historic_shaw_house_2.jpg)
Shaw House Properties
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Hammer-and-Stein-819x1024.jpg)
Hammer & Stain Southern Pines
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Landmarks-and-Legacies-Mural-by-D-Dreyer-1024x304.png)
Landmarks and Legacies Mural
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/natl-railroad-museum-hamlet.jpg)
National Railroad Museum and Hall of Fame, INC in Hamlet, NC
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bryant-house.jpg)
Bryant House & McLendon Cabin
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nc_pottery_center_inteior.jpg)
North Carolina Pottery Center
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bethesda-church-ec.jpg)
Bethesda Church & Cemetery
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/The-Old-HArdware-Store-1024x683.jpg)
The Old Hardware -Antiques
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Trolley-1.jpg)
Sandhills Trolley
![](https://homeofgolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/fear-2.jpg)
Aberdeen Fear Factory