Seven Hearths

Seven Hearths
Location North of Tryon at junction of U.S. Route 176 and Harmon Field Rd., near Tryon, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°13′20″N 82°15′4″W / 35.22222°N 82.25111°W / 35.22222; -82.25111Coordinates: 35°13′20″N 82°15′4″W / 35.22222°N 82.25111°W / 35.22222; -82.25111
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built c. 1800 (1800)
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Edney Mills Families of Henderson County, NC by Jennie Jones Giles
  3. 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.


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