Henry Willis House

Henry Willis House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location	SR 1164, near Penland, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°56′17″N 82°07′47″W / 35.93806°N 82.12972°W / 35.93806; -82.12972Coordinates: 35°56′17″N 82°07′47″W / 35.93806°N 82.12972°W / 35.93806; -82.12972
Area	18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built	c. 1880 (1880), c. 1890
Architectural style	Double-pen log house
NRHP Reference #	88001051^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 14, 1988

Henry Willis House, also known as Ehle House, is a historic home located near Penland, Mitchell County, North Carolina. It was built about 1880, and enlarged about 1890. It is a double-pen log house, with a weatherboarded log ell added after the turn of the 20th century. It was enlarged again about 1930 and in the 1980s. Also on the property is a contributing privy. It is one of the three traditional log homesteads in Mitchell County.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Carolyn A. Humphries (September 1987). "Henry Willis House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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