Aspen Hall (Pittsboro, North Carolina)

Aspen Hall
Location West of Pittsboro on US 64, near Pittsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°44′2″N 79°16′24″W / 35.73389°N 79.27333°W / 35.73389; -79.27333Coordinates: 35°44′2″N 79°16′24″W / 35.73389°N 79.27333°W / 35.73389; -79.27333
Area 26 acres (11 ha)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Georgian, Federal
NRHP Reference # 82003441[1]
Added to NRHP July 29, 1982

Aspen Hall is a historic plantation house located near Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. The original section was built in the 1790s, and took its present form between about 1830 and 1840. It is a two-story, weatherboarded gable roofed Federal style frame house, with a Greek Revival style facade. It was built by Joseph John "Chatham Jack" Alston, who also built the nearby Alston-DeGraffenried Plantation.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Charlotte V. Brown, and Jim Sumner (April 1981). "Aspen Hall" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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