London Cottage

Center Township, population 7,464, is one of thirteen townships in Chatham County, North Carolina. Center Township is 65.71 square miles (170.2 km2) in size and located in central Chatham County. Center Township contains the town of Pittsboro within it.

Henry Adolphus London House is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1895, is a one-story, three bay Queen Anne style frame cottage. It features a wraparound porch, projecting bay, and decorative wood shingles. Also on the property is a contributing two-story barn.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Kelvin was a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1831, was a two-story, five bay Federal 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.

Lewis Freeman House is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. The original section was built between about 1811 and 1837, and expanded through the 1890s. It is a one-story, three bay frame cottage with Queen Anne style design elements. The original one-room structure represents the modest home of Lewis Freeman, a free black settler in Pittsboro. The home is one of four remaining dwellings from the town's initial settlement. Due to the lack of records during the early 1800s, little is known about the first residents of the area. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in the Pittsboro Historic District.

A. P. Terry House is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, three bay irregular plan Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features a wraparound porch and open, second story tower.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Reid House is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, Federal / Greek Revival style double-pile plan frame dwelling. It has a broad gable roof and two interior chimneys. The house was renovated in the 1930s.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in the Pittsboro Historic District.

Moore-Manning House is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in the 1830s, and is a two-story, three-bay, Federal style frame dwelling with a hipped roof. The house was renovated in 1858 and a two-story wing added.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in the Pittsboro Historic District.

Hall-London House is a historic home located in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in about 1836, is a tall two-story, five bay Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It features a broad Gothic Revival style front porch. A two-story rear ell was added about 1900.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in the Pittsboro Historic District. It has been occupied by Bradshaw & Robinson, LLP, a local law firm, since 2000, and its predecessor law firms going back to 1984.

Pittsboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 131 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 1 contributing object in the county seat of Pittsboro. Located in the district and separately listed are the Chatham County Courthouse, the Hall-London House, the Moore-Manning House, the Reid House, the Lewis Freeman House, the McClenahan House, and the Patrick St. Lawrence House. Other notable buildings include the Blair Hotel, Pilkington Drug Store / S & T' s Soda Shoppe, Justice Motor Company building (1949), St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (1832), Pittsboro United Methodist Church (c. 1836), and Queen Anne style Henry H. Fike House (c. 1895).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

The Chatham County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It sits at the center of town in the middle of a traffic circle. It was built in 1881 for $10,666 and is a two-story rectangular brick structure in the Late Victorian style. It features a two-story classical portico crowned with a distinctive three-stage cupola. A one-story addition was built in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration. In 1959, extensive renovations were performed on the building.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is located in the Pittsboro Historic District. A fire on March 24, 2010, did great damage to the building which was in the midst of another renovation. The restored building reopened April 20, 2013 with an exhibit covering Chatham County history on the first floor and a courtroom on the second.In 1907, the county gave a license to the United Daughters of the Confederacy to place a statue of a Confederate soldier outside the courthouse. In 2019, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners voted to rescind this license, and the statue was removed as part of the trend toward removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in the 2010s.

Pittsboro Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located on N. East Street in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a one-story brick church. The tower and steeple were replaced in 1875 following a tornado, and again in the 1920s and in 1971.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Pittsboro Masonic Lodge, also known as Columbus Lodge No. 102, is a historic Masonic Lodge located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1838, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame building. In 1846, it was enlarged by the addition of the distinctive pedimented second-story overhang carried on heavy square pillars. It is one of the oldest still-functioning Masonic halls in North Carolina.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.