Nash-Hooper House
Historic house in North Carolina, United States in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Nash-Hooper House, also known as the William Hooper House, is a historic house at 118 West Tryon Street in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Built in 1772 by American Revolutionary War general Francis Nash, it was home from 1782–1790 to Founding Father William Hooper, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. It is the only known home of Hooper's to survive, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971. It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District; it is a private residence, and is not normally open to the public.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 118 W. Tryon St., Hillsborough, NC |
| County | Orange County |
| Listed | Nov 11, 1971 |
| Reference number | 71000610 |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 118 W. Tryon St., Hillsborough, NC |
| Coordinates | 36.06763, -79.10057 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Guilford Courthouse National Military Park · 42 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Crosswinds Campgrounds 23 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 71000610. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.