Hunter Subaru Skycam Network: Hendersonville

This home was built in 1850 after a tragedy struck a North Carolina plantation. At a rural property called Roseland, nearly 20 people fell ill and died from a scourge they called "Black Tongue." Both enslaved people and members of the white family perished after they discovered that their well had become contaminated by manure. Mrs. Louisa Hill Spruill, who had been widowed previously, decided she didn't want to live at the site where so much had been lost, so she built this home in town and mov