{"nrhp_refnum":"82001289","name":"Moore-Manning House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"400 Hillsboro St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsboro","county":"Chatham County","state":"NC","lat":35.725326747000054,"lon":-79.17666650199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Law","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-bay, two-story frame house on a high knoll overlooking the town commons in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. The original section dates from the 1830s and was later remodelled with Greek, Egyptian and Gothic Revival motifs.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a visual record of the prosperity Pittsboro gained during its second period of growth after 1850, and that it is the town's best demonstration of the shift from Federal-style vernacular building to the Greek, Egyptian and Gothic Revival modes. It is also associated with lawyer, politician and educator John Manning, Jr., who helped make the University of North Carolina law school an administrative unit of the university.","narrative":"Pittsboro's Moore-Manning House is a three-bay, two-story frame residence on a high knoll that once overlooked the town commons. Built in the 1830s in the Federal manner, with an elliptically arched sidehall entrance, fanlight and sidelights, it was remodelled around 1858 when lawyer and politician John Manning, Jr. moved in. The mid-century work added Greek, Egyptian and Gothic Revival details, including a sheathed parlor with a crossette-topped window surround battered toward the floor, and two Greek Revival mantels with Tuscan columns and channeled pilasters. A one-bay wing was added to the east side, and a late-nineteenth-century porch with open-work posts and sawn balustrade extends along the front. The house is significant for its record of the town's prosperity after 1850, when the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company drew investment to Pittsboro. It also shows how local craftsmen moved from simple Federal design to more elaborate Revival taste. Manning later became a congressman and a professor of law at the University of North Carolina.","period_of_significance":"1830-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal; Greek Revival, Egyptian Revival and Gothic Revival motifs","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Good repair; the owners were undertaking restoration at the time of the nomination","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.773525-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/7175/47717505/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82001289.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00000442","name":"Pittsboro Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/pittsboro-historic-district-00000442/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717505","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore-Manning_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18154620"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/chatham-county/moore-manning-house-82001289/"}