A historic mill village near Charlotte that was used as a film location for the 2012 blockbuster film “The Hunger Games” is listed for sale.
The Hickory Record reports the Henry River Mill Village in Burke County has been split into two parcels listed for $1.15 million and $800,000 — or about $2 million all together.
The two properties on either side of Henry River Road total about 72 acres, They include an old mill store and several historic mill homes in varying states of disrepair. The listing says the property also has a renovated Airbnb.
According to a 2014 WFAE feature story, the village was built in the early 1900s, and is considered one of Burke County's most historically intact examples of a small company village that fueled the industrial revolution.
The village was built by the Henry River Manufacturing Co., a cotton yarn manufacturer that opened its doors in 1905. By the 1970s, the mill had shut down, but some residents continued to live in the mill village through the 1990s and 2000s — even with no indoor plumbing.
In 2012, the village was used as the film location for District 12 in the first "Hunger Games" movie, turning the site into a popular destination for fans of the movie franchise.
The property's previous owner, Wade Ferguson, told WFAE in 2014 that the village was overrun with tourists and vandals who sometimes broke windows or damaged the buildings. At the time, he had listed the property for sale for $1.4 million.
