Henry Willis House
Henry Willis House is located in North Carolina
Henry Willis House
Henry Willis House is located in the United States
Henry Willis House
LocationSR 1164, near Penland, North Carolina
Coordinates35°56′17″N 82°07′47″W / 35.93806°N 82.12972°W / 35.93806; -82.12972
Area18 acres (7.3 ha)
Builtc. 1880 (1880), c. 1890
Architectural styleDouble-pen log house
NRHP reference No.88001051[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 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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