Henry Willis House
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Location | SR 1164, near Penland, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°56′17″N 82°07′47″W / 35.93806°N 82.12972°WCoordinates: 35°56′17″N 82°07′47″W / 35.93806°N 82.12972°W |
Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
Built | c. 1880 | , c. 1890
Architectural style | Double-pen log house |
NRHP Reference # | 88001051 |
Added to NRHP | July 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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.