Aspen Hall
Aspen Hall (Pittsboro, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Aspen Hall (Pittsboro, North Carolina)
Aspen Hall (Pittsboro, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Aspen Hall (Pittsboro, North Carolina)
LocationWest of Pittsboro on US 64, near Pittsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates35°44′2″N 79°16′24″W / 35.73389°N 79.27333°W / 35.73389; -79.27333
Area26 acres (11 ha)
Built1790s
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Georgian, Federal
NRHP reference No.82003441[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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 enslaved as many as 163 people and also built the nearby Alston-DeGraffenried Plantation.[2]

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

See Elias Hall for a description of who built this house.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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.
  3. ^ Steeman, Lala Carr (1979). "Elias Hall". NCPEDIA.


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