The Hermitage (Tillery, North Carolina)

The Hermitage
Location 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Tillery off NC 481, near Tillery, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°14′30″N 77°30′23″W / 36.24167°N 77.50639°W / 36.24167; -77.50639Coordinates: 36°14′30″N 77°30′23″W / 36.24167°N 77.50639°W / 36.24167; -77.50639
Area 20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built 1810 (1810)
NRHP Reference # 75001274[1]
Added to NRHP May 29, 1975

The Hermitage, also known as Tillery House, is a historic plantation house located near Tillery, Halifax County, North Carolina. It was built about 1810, and is a tripartite house that consists of a two-story, three bay, pedimented central block flanked by one-story, two bay, wings. An exterior end chimney rises at the end of each wing and at the rear of the very long central block.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. John Baxton Flowers, III, and Catherine W. Cockshutt (March 1975). "The Hermitage" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.


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