Heartsease (Hillsborough, North Carolina)

Heartsease
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Heartsease, HABS photo, June 1937
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Location	113 E. Queen St., Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°4′44″N 79°6′7″W / 36.07889°N 79.10194°W / 36.07889; -79.10194Coordinates: 36°4′44″N 79°6′7″W / 36.07889°N 79.10194°W / 36.07889; -79.10194
Area	less than one acre
Built	1820 (1820)
NRHP Reference #	73001362
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1973

Heartsease is a historic home located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and consists of a 1 1/2-story, three bay, central block dating to the late-18th century, with an early-19th century 1 1/2-story east wing, and two-story pedimented west wing added in the late-19th century. It is topped by a gable roof and features a shed porch whose roof supported by plain Tuscan order posts. It is believed that Heartsease served as the pre-Revolutionary home of Thomas Burke, North Carolina's third governor and a member of the Constitutional Convention.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.