Built in 1853, it is one of the region's finest examples of residential Gothic Revival architecture, and is unusual statewide for its execution in brick.

It was built for Davis Tillson, a general during the American Civil War and a prominent local businessman, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

[1] The Tillson House stands on the north side of Talbot Avenue, in a rural residential area west of downtown Rockland.

The house was built for Brigadier General Davis Tillson, and artillery and infantry commander in the American Civil War, seeing action at Cedar Mountain and elsewhere.

Tillson was also a prominent local businessman, owning some of Rockland's lime manufactories, and building its large city wharf.