Kelvin was a

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located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina."Doorway, Kelvin, Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina"
NSCU Libraries. Retrieved 2015-2-26. It was built about 1831, was a two-story, five bay

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style single pile frame dwelling. The house had a gable roof and exterior end chimneys. It had a one-story addition built about 1838. It originally housed a private girls school established by wealthy landowner Colonel Edward Jones Kelvin. It has been demolished. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1831 Houses in Chatham County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Chatham County, North Carolina Pittsboro, North Carolina {{ChathamCountyNC-NRHP-stub