Heartsease (Hillsborough, North Carolina)

Heartsease
Heartsease, HABS photo, June 1937
Location 113 E. Queen St., Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°4′44″N 79°6′7″W / 36.07889°N 79.10194°WCoordinates: 36°4′44″N 79°6′7″W / 36.07889°N 79.10194°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1820
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 73001362[1]
Added to NRHP April 11, 1973

Heartsease is a historic home located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and consists of a 1 1/2-story, three bay, central block dating to the late-18th century, with an early-19th century 1 1/2-story east wing, and two-story pedimented west wing added in the late-19th century. It is topped by a gable roof and features a shed porch whose roof supported by plain Tuscan order posts. It is believed that Heartsease served as the pre-Revolutionary home of Thomas Burke, North Carolina's third governor and a member of the Constitutional Convention.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1] It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (December 1972). "Heartsease" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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