We are fortunate enough to live in one of the most beautiful parts of the county, on land once part of the Argyle estate c1829, built by Judge Mitchell King, one of the earliest settlers of Flat Rock.
The judge gave large parcels of land to many of his children, one of which was his son Mitchell Campbell King, who would become a beloved county-wide physician. He attended Charleston College, the Medical College of South Carolina and the University of Gottingen in Germany.
Upon his return to Flat Rock, and to the land given to him by his father, he built The Cottage, a beautiful house reminiscent of German architecture, where he and his family spent summer months. Before long, the draw of his beloved mountains brought Dr. King home permanently, where he would build his Glenroy and practice medicine until he died.
Dr. King and his family lived in The Cottage while building Glenroy, designed by Freeman, a Scottish ship builder. Timbers for the house were cut and aged on the property, and when Glenroy was completed c1850, the estate included not only the main house but a
beautiful little building, built into the hillside, that served as a medical office, as well as 23 outbuildings. The Cottage was placed on giant logs and rolled to its present location immediately to the south of Kenmure.
It is now Rutledge
Cottage and under an historic easement with Historic Flat Rock, Inc. It
will never be destroyed nor greatly altered.