{"nrhp_refnum":"74001339","name":"Alston-DeGraffenried House","other_names":["See Also:Alston--DeGraffenried Plantation (Boundary Increase"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Pittsboro off U.S. 64","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsboro","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.73105514200006,"lon":-79.24370211284213,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story frame plantation house on the north side of U.S. 64, about four miles west of Pittsboro in Chatham County, North Carolina, probably completed in the 1820s for John Jones Alston.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an unusual vernacular version of a high-style house type. Its five-bay form, raised basement, tall hip roof and off-center-hall plan recall sophisticated Georgian houses of the east and South Carolina. Most of the finish is simple and typical of the Piedmont, but the east parlor has elaborate Adamesque woodwork and plaster.","narrative":"Set among large trees and approached by a walk lined with boxwoods, this two-story frame plantation house stands on the north side of U.S. 64 west of Pittsboro. It rises on a raised brick basement beneath a tall hip roof, with a five-bay front, exterior end chimneys and a later Victorian porch. Evidence suggests it began as a smaller gable-roofed hall-and-parlor house, perhaps built around 1810, then was enlarged about 1822, the year John Jones Alston married. The interior follows an off-center-hall plan. Most rooms have simple Federal finish, but the large east parlor has a three-part mantel with sunburst ornament and a ceiling medallion of acanthus and foliate motifs. Outbuildings behind the house include a one-story kitchen with a massive stone chimney. The house is notable as a local interpretation of a sophisticated house type, combining South Carolina-style form with Piedmont restraint. Later it passed to the DeGraffenried family through Alston's daughter Delia.","period_of_significance":"1810-1825","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal / Georgian-influenced vernacular (Adamesque parlor)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, altered, on its original site; used as a private residence at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.52735-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/7195/47719551/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/74001339.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93001132","name":"Alston-DeGraffenried Plantation (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/alston-degraffenried-plantation-boundary-increase-93001132/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719551","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alston-DeGraffenried_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4735858"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/alston-degraffenried-house-74001339/"}