Kelvin (Pittsboro, North Carolina)
Kelvin | |
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| Location | 503 W. Salisbury St., Pittsboro, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°43′16″N 79°11′3″W / 35.72111°N 79.18417°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1831, c. 1838 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Pittsboro MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001286[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 5, 1982 |
Kelvin was a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina.[2] It was built about 1831, was a two-story, five bay Federal style single pile frame dwelling. The house had a gable roof and exterior end chimneys. It had a one-story addition built about 1838. It originally housed a private girls school established by wealthy landowner Colonel Edward Jones Kelvin.[3] It has been demolished.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Doorway, Kelvin, Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina" NSCU Libraries. Retrieved 2015-2-26.
- ^ Ruth Selden-Sturgill (March 1982). "Kelvin" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Federal architecture in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1831
- Houses in Chatham County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Chatham County, North Carolina
- Pittsboro, North Carolina
- Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- Chatham County, North Carolina, geography stubs