Pittsboro is a town in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,743 at the 2010 census and 4,537 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Chatham County.
Gulf is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, southeast of the town of Goldston. As of the 2010 census, the Gulf CDP had a population of 144. The community is home to a general store and several historic homes. It received its name from its location at a wide bend in the Deep River.
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.
Alston-DeGraffenried Plantation or Alston-DeGraffenried House is a historic property located in Chatham County, North Carolina, near Pittsboro, North Carolina. It includes a plantation house built through the forced labor of at least 11 enslaved people between about 1810 and 1825, and its surrounding agricultural fields. The property was first listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and the listed area was increased in 1993. The house and the surrounding land are identified as a national historic district.
Pittsboro Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located on N. East Street in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a one-story brick church. The tower and steeple were replaced in 1875 following a tornado, and again in the 1920s and in 1971.
McClenahan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arthur Cleveland Nash (1871-1969) was an American architect.
Luther Clegg House is a historic home located near Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, five bay Greek Revival style single-pile frame dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and flanking exterior end chimneys.
Lewis Freeman House is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. The original section was built between about 1811 and 1837, and expanded through the 1890s. It is a one-story, three bay frame cottage with Queen Anne style design elements. The original one-room structure represents the modest home of Lewis Freeman, a free black settler in Pittsboro. The home is one of four remaining dwellings from the town's initial settlement. Due to the lack of records during the early 1800s, little is known about the first residents of the area.
Hall-London House is a historic home located in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in about 1836, is a tall two-story, five bay Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It features a broad Gothic Revival style front porch. A two-story rear ell was added about 1900.
Kelvin was a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. 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. It has been demolished.
London Cottage is a historic home located near Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1861. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, three bay Late Gothic Revival style frame dwelling. The house has a projecting cross-gable wing and a one-story rear ell. It sits on a brick basement, is sheathed with board and batten siding, and has an overhanging gable roof with decorative brackets.
Henry Adolphus London House is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1895, is a one-story, three bay Queen Anne style frame cottage. It features a wraparound porch, projecting bay, and decorative wood shingles. Also on the property is a contributing two-story barn.
Moore-Manning House is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in the 1830s, and is a two-story, three-bay, Federal style frame dwelling with a hipped roof. The house was renovated in 1858 and a two-story wing added.
Reid House is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, Federal / Greek Revival style double-pile plan frame dwelling. It has a broad gable roof and two interior chimneys. The house was renovated in the 1930s.
Patrick St. Lawrence House, also known as the Yellow House, is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, center hall Georgian style architecture frame dwelling with a low gable roof. It was originally built as an inn and overlooked the courthouse square. It is Pittsboro's oldest building. It has been moved three times and is now located on S. Small St.
A. P. Terry House is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, three bay irregular plan Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features a wraparound porch and open, second story tower.
James A. Thomas Farm is a historic home and farm located near Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. The house consist of a one-story frame cabin, perhaps constructed during the late 1860s or early 1870s, with a rear shed and a two-story, vernacular Greek Revival style wing added in the early 1880s. Also on the property are several contributing log, weatherboard and board-and-batten outbuildings.
Pittsboro Masonic Lodge, also known as Columbus Lodge No. 102, is a historic Masonic Lodge located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1838, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame building. In 1846, it was enlarged by the addition of the distinctive pedimented second-story overhang carried on heavy square pillars. It is one of the oldest still-functioning Masonic halls in North Carolina.
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, and Queen Anne style Henry H. Fike House.
