‘The Hunger Games’ made this historic NC mill village a worldwide draw. It can be yours.
A historic North Carolina mill village that served as District 12 in the original “The Hunger Games” movie is for sale with 72 sloped, wooded acres, one of its owners said Saturday.
“The property is amazing,” Elaine Namour, one of several owners, told The Charlotte Observer. “It’s a great property.”
Namour is president of Henry River Mill Village LLC, which gives daily tours, hosts special events and operates two Airbnbs on the property. The 1905 village is one of the last — if not the last — intact mill villages in the state and is on the National Register of Historic Places, she said.
And it’s all yours for $1.9 million.
Visitors from everywhere
The village is off Interstate 40 exit 119 in Burke County, a mile south of Hildebran and nearly 60 miles northwest of Charlotte.
Since the 2012 film, the village has drawn visitors from across the world to the 4200 block of Henry River Road, Namour said.
Their No. 1 question: When did the last resident leave?
2000, Namour said.
“No running water, no toilets” in the 20 homes, she said.
Then visitors mostly ask about the movie.
Buyer gets Airbnbs, company store, too
The Airbnbs are in House 12, which was restored and divided into two rentals.
The mill village also has three garages and a 6,000-square-foot company store.
The village is safely perched well above the river, which forms a “U” around the land, Namour said.
Mariette Gagne, broker/owner of MarketPlace Realty in Hickory, is the listing agent. .
The village is the only commercial retail property on the projected path of the North Carolina Wilderness Gateway Trail, Namour said. That makes it suitable for a kayak outfitter and other businesses related to the outdoors, she said.
The property listing also mentions such possible uses as a gift and provisions shop, residential retreat, camp sites and a community project.
Because the property is on the National Register of Historic Places, the buyer is eligible for up to a 40% tax credit, Namour said.
The village also is featured in Season 1, Episode 4 of the Magnolia Network’s “In With The Old” series on Discovery+ and Season 7, Episode 4 of “Mysteries of the Abandoned” on the Science Channel.
The owners are selling because they all have other businesses that running the village take time from, Namour said. The property deserves ownership solely focused on nurturing it, she said.
This story was originally published March 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM with the headline "‘The Hunger Games’ made this historic NC mill village a worldwide draw. It can be yours.."