Seven Hearths
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| Location | North of Tryon at junction of U.S. Route 176 and Harmon Field Rd., near Tryon, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°13′20″N 82°15′4″W / 35.22222°N 82.25111°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | c. 1800 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001333[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 26, 1976 |
Seven Hearths is a historic plantation house located near Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina. It was built about 1800 for Marvel (Marville) Mills - assumed built by his father Major William Mills,[2] and is a two-story, five-bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It has exterior gable end double shouldered chimneys and flanking one bay wide, one bay deep projections.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Edney Mills Families of Henderson County, NC by Jennie Jones Giles
- ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (July 1974). "Seven Hearths" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
Categories:
- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Federal architecture in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1800
- Houses in Polk County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, North Carolina
- Western North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs