Heartsease, Historic house in North Carolina, United States.

Heartsease is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay central block built about 1770, with an early 19th-century 1+1⁄2-story east wing and a two-story pedimented west wing added in the late 19th century. A gable roof tops the house, and a shed porch with plain Tuscan order posts runs along it. It stands in the Hillsborough Historic District.

Heartsease was built about 1770 as a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay central block. An early 19th-century east wing and a two-story pedimented west wing added in the late 19th century expanded it. It is believed to have been 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 and lies within the Hillsborough Historic District.

Local tradition holds that Heartsease was the pre-Revolutionary home of Thomas Burke, North Carolina's third governor and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. The house stands within the Hillsborough Historic District, and its name is the common English word for the wild pansy, Viola tricolor.

Heartsease stands within the Hillsborough Historic District, so approach it on foot along the town's historic streets rather than expecting a separate visitor entrance. The house is a private residence and no tours are documented; view the gable roof, shed porch and Tuscan posts from the public street.

Heartsease is believed to have been the pre-Revolutionary home of Thomas Burke, North Carolina's third governor and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and lies within the Hillsborough Historic District.