In Pineville, North Carolina, this museum and historic site occupies land once owned by the parents of James K. Polk, the 11th president of the United States. Operated by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources within the state historic sites system, it connects two histories: Polk’s rise in American politics and everyday life in early 19th-century North Carolina. Its exhibits present his career alongside his family background in the rural Carolina community from which he emerged, making the property both a presidential memorial and a small history museum about the period and place that shaped his early life.