{"nrhp_refnum":"76001333","name":"Seven Hearths","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Tryon at jct. of U.S. 176 and Harmon Field Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tryon","county":"Polk County","state":"NC","lat":35.222283710000056,"lon":-82.25081408999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-03-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Seven Hearths is a rambling Federal style frame house of about 1800 near Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina, at the junction of U.S. 176 and Harmon Field Road. It was moved about six miles to its present site around 1935 and restored.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of a small group of ambitious Federal period houses in Polk County, with finely detailed interior woodwork and notable reeded mantels. It is also tied to the locally prominent Mills family. It was evidently the site of a February 1847 meeting of commissioners organizing Polk County.","narrative":"Seven Hearths is a large, rambling Federal style frame house near Tryon in Polk County, North Carolina. Its core is a two-story, five-bay block with a gable roof and double-shouldered chimneys at each end, with a recessed two-tier porch across the front and kitchen wings to the rear. Inside, the seven mantels stand out, especially the living room example with reeded colonnettes, a carved fan and rope molding. The house dates to about 1800 and is linked to the Mills family. Commissioners met at Marvill Mills's homeplace in February 1847 to organize Polk County, and the county's first Superior Court session was held at a mill on the tract. Around 1935 a Michigan couple bought the deteriorating house, dismantled it, and rebuilt and restored it on a three-acre lot in Tryon. It later served as an arts and crafts shop and is now a private home. The builder is not positively identified.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date ca. 1800","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition; altered and moved; occupied as a private residence. It was restored after being moved about 1935.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.742207-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7218/47721860/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/76001333.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001333/5c195f4357-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001333/5c195f4357-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seven_Hearths.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seven_Hearths.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721860","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Hearths","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19720546"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/polk-county/seven-hearths-76001333/"}