| James Monroe Thompson House | |
| Location: | NC 2158 east side, 0.1 miles south of the junction with NC 2150, near Saxapahaw, North Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 35.9717°N -79.3219°W |
| Built: | c., 1872 |
| Builder: | Thompson, James Monroe |
| Architecture: | Log |
| Added: | November 22, 1993 |
| Refnum: | 93001198 |
James Monroe Thompson House, also known as Shady Rest, is a historic home located near Saxapahaw, Alamance County, North Carolina. The original one-story, single-pen, log house was built about 1850. In 1872, a two-story log addition was built, and the original building used as a kitchen. The log house is sheathed in weatherboard and sits on a stone foundation.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.