Kelvin (Pittsboro, North Carolina)

Kelvin
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	503 W. Salisbury St., Pittsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°43′16″N79°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 No.	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. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Doorway, Kelvin, Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina" NSCU Libraries. Retrieved 2015-2-26.
3. Ruth Selden-Sturgill (March 1982). "Kelvin" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.