The house was used as a field hospital by the Union Army following the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War.
The Norris-Holland-Hare House was built around 1805 by Needham Norris, a Baptist minister and the son of American Revolutionary War veteran Pvt.
The house was constructed on a portion of a land grant given to John Norris Jr.[3] Built in the Federal style, the house features wood sash windows, plain weatherboards, stone foundation piers, and Flemish bond brick chimneys.
[2] In September 1864, Holland traveled to Virginia to search for his brother, a Confederate soldier fighting in the American Civil War.
[3] In 2017, the town purchased the 1,904-square-foot house to save it from demolition, with plans to sell it with preservation requirements.