Editing Hillsborough, North Carolina (section)

==== Parks-Richmond House (The Inn at Teardrops) ====
[[File:HILLSBOROUGH HISTORIC DISTRICT, ORANGE COUNTY.jpg|alt=|thumb|The Inn at Teardrops]]
The name comes from the teardrop-shaped glass on the front doors and the molding around the eaves of the house. The property was owned by Edmund Fanning until 1768, when he sold it to Thomas King, an inn keeper.

The main body of the present structure might be King's old inn. Notable eighteenth-century owners include General Thomas Person, Peter Malett, William Duffy, and John Taylor, who was clerk of the Superior Court from 1800 to 1845.

In 1938, the J.W. Richmond family bought the property and renovated the house as a private residence. After additional renovations, Richmond adapted it as 'The Inn at Teardrops', a [[bed and breakfast]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://innatteardrops.com/home/ |title=The Inn at Teardrops - Historic Downtown Hillsborough |date=November 21, 2014 |website= |access-date=September 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121114824/http://innatteardrops.com/home/ |archive-date=November 21, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>