Scotch Hall is a historic

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located near Merry Hill,

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. It was built about 1838, and is a large -story, five bay by four bay, frame dwelling in a transitional

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style. It was added to the

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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

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"Cypress Shore".

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