Scotch Hall Explained

Scotch Hall
Location:East of Merry Hill on SR 1511, near Merry Hill, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.9739°N -76.7081°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Greek Revival, Federal
Added:April 29, 1982
Refnum:82003428

Scotch Hall is a historic plantation house located near Merry Hill, Bertie County, North Carolina. It was built about 1838, and is a large -story, five bay by four bay, frame dwelling in a transitional Federal / Greek Revival style.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

George H. Throop lived at Scotch Hall for a time in 1849 and served as tutor to the children of the family who lived there. His experiences were the basis for two novels, Nag's Head and Bertie, in which Scotch Hall is depicted as the plantation "Cypress Shore".[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marshall Bullock. Scotch Hall. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1980. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.
  2. Web site: Throop, George Higby (Gregory Seaworthy). ncpedia.org. 14 April 2015.