Clegg, Luther, House
Why it's listed
A two-story frame farmhouse of five bays with a central hall, built around 1850 near Pittsboro in Chatham County, North Carolina, by the farmer Luther Clegg (1808-1894). It has a low hipped roof, end chimneys, a flat-block modillion cornice and six-over-six sash windows, and its entrance is framed by sidelights and a transom. Clegg was an active Methodist, and a first-floor room was set aside for the minister on the Moncure circuit. A second-floor chamber with its own enclosed staircase, known as the traveller's room, was built to lodge guests and court visitors. The house is listed for its Greek Revival design, which the nomination regards as the purest residential example of the style in Pittsboro, and for its surviving original interior paint colors. It is also tied to the town's growth in the 1850s. The Clegg family owned it into the late twentieth century.
Significance in brief: The nomination calls it the last comprehensive Greek Revival design built in Pittsboro and the area's purest residential example of the style. It is also associated with the town's growth in the 1850s through internal improvements such as the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company and the plank road movement. Its separate second-floor traveller's room with its own enclosed staircase and surviving original interior paint colors are cited as notable features.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 82001283, listed October 5, 1982. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | S of Pittsboro on SR 1012, Pittsboro |
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| County | Chatham County |
| Listed | October 5, 1982 |
| Reference number | 82001283 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | c. 1850 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Altered; the one-story rear addition has modern fenestration and the front porch is not original. |
| Acreage | 7.5 |
| Coordinates | 35.69862, -79.16346 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 82001283.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q18149002
- This listing as JSON
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