Kelvin (Pittsboro, North Carolina)

Kelvin
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location	503 W. Salisbury St., Pittsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°43′16″N 79°11′3″W / 35.72111°N 79.18417°W / 35.72111; -79.18417Coordinates: 35°43′16″N 79°11′3″W / 35.72111°N 79.18417°W / 35.72111; -79.18417
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1831 (1831), c. 1838
Architectural style	Federal
MPS	Pittsboro MRA
NRHP Reference #	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

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "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.

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