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Pittsboro Historic District

Coordinates: 35°43′21″N 79°10′36″W / 35.72250°N 79.17667°W / 35.72250; -79.17667
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Pittsboro Historic District
Pittsboro Historic District, March 2007
Pittsboro Historic District is located in North Carolina
Pittsboro Historic District
Pittsboro Historic District is located in the United States
Pittsboro Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Chatham St., Small St., Rectory St., and Launis St., Pittsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates35°43′21″N 79°10′36″W / 35.72250°N 79.17667°W / 35.72250; -79.17667
Area59 acres (24 ha)
Built1787 (1787)
ArchitectHanks, Martin; et.al.
Architectural styleEarly Commercial, Queen Anne, et.al.
MPSPittsboro MRA
NRHP reference No.00000442[1]
Added to NRHPMay 5, 2000

Pittsboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 131 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 1 contributing object in the county seat of Pittsboro. Located in the district and separately listed are the Chatham County Courthouse, the Hall-London House, the Moore-Manning House, the Reid House, the Lewis Freeman House, the McClenahan House, and the Patrick St. Lawrence House. Other notable buildings include the Blair Hotel, Pilkington Drug Store / S & T' s Soda Shoppe, Justice Motor Company building (1949), St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (1832), Pittsboro United Methodist Church (c. 1836), and Queen Anne style Henry H. Fike House (c. 1895).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ M. Ruth Little and Michelle Kullen (November 1999). "Pittsboro Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.