Albert Swain Bryson House

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Albert Swain Bryson House
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LocationPine Lane, Franklin, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°11′2″N83°22′35″W / 35.18389°N 83.37639°W / 35.18389; -83.37639 Coordinates: 35°11′2″N83°22′35″W / 35.18389°N 83.37639°W / 35.18389; -83.37639
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1875 (1875)
Architectural styleRomantic Revival
NRHP reference No. 84000541 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 1984

The Albert Swain Bryson House, known locally as Hall of the Pines, is a historic house in Franklin, North Carolina. The 2+12-story brick and frame house occupies a prominent site on Pine Lane overlooking Main Street. It was built in the 1870s for Albert Swain Bryson, a prominent local farmer and magistrate. The house is a regionally rare example of vernacular Gothic and Italianate style, with steeply-pitched gables decorated with paired brackets, and a two-level porch with delicate sawn balustrade. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Albert Swain Bryson House" (PDF). North Carolina SHPO. Retrieved 2014-06-26.