The Hermitage
The Hermitage (Tillery, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
The Hermitage (Tillery, North Carolina)
The Hermitage (Tillery, North Carolina) is located in the United States
The Hermitage (Tillery, North Carolina)
Location1 mile (1.6 km) west of Tillery off NC 481, near Tillery, North Carolina
Coordinates36°14′30″N 77°30′23″W / 36.24167°N 77.50639°W / 36.24167; -77.50639
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built1810 (1810)
NRHP reference No.75001274[1]
Added to NRHPMay 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ John Baxton Flowers, III & 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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