Aspen Hall (Pittsboro, North Carolina) Explained

Aspen Hall
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Location:West of Pittsboro on US 64, near Pittsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.7339°N -79.2733°W
Built:1790s
Architecture:Greek Revival, Georgian, Federal
Added:July 29, 1982
Refnum:82003441

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.[1]

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

See Elias Hall for a description of who built this house.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charlotte V. Brown, and Jim Sumner. Aspen Hall. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 1981 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.
  2. Web site: Elias Hall. NCPEDIA. Steeman, Lala Carr. 1979.